- Date
- April 8, 1978
- Place
- St.Petersburg, FL · ST.PETERSBURG, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4731FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780408013739A
- Case key
- 142238
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0848 78/4/8 ST.PETERSBURG,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 1 COMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 223 TIME - 1204 N4731F PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBERT WHITTED DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERO BEACH,FL ST.PETERSBURG,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4731F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Albert Whitted
N4731FRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.