- Date
- July 11, 1978
- Place
- Eustis, FL · EUSTIS, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4585JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780711022079A
- Case key
- 140230
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2899 78/7/11 NR.EUSTIS,FL PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 318 TIME - 1800 N4585J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MID-FLORIDA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUSTIS,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4585J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mid-Florida
N4585JRegistration cancelled Sep 13, 2018 · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N4585J · 1
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