- Date
- September 19, 1978
- Place
- Fernandina, FL · FERNANDINA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N12627Piper E-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780919039009A
- Case key
- 139313
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3425 78/9/19 FERNANDINA,FL PIPER E-2 CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1345 N12627 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 18, 241 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FERNANDINA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FERNANDINA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12627
- Reported as
- Piper E-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fernandina
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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.