- Date
- August 19, 1978
- Place
- Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N46917Piper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780819030249A
- Case key
- 140149
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2500 78/8/19 HOMESTEAD,FL PIPER J3C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, UNK/NR TIME - 1016 N46917 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMESTEAD,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH FROST CONTROL WINDMILL DURING LOW PASS OVER AVOCADO GROVE OWNED BY A FRIEND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46917
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.
Other investigations on N46917 · 1
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