- Date
- May 12, 1978
- Place
- Oldsmar, FL · OLDSMAR, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4569PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780512025459A
- Case key
- 142056
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1903 78/5/12 OLDSMAR,FL PIPER PA-23 CR- 3 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1515 N4569P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 25, 2957 TOTAL HOURS, 121 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST PETERSBURG,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4569P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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