- Date
- November 16, 1978
- Place
- Sarasota, FL · SARASOTA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N702FLPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781116035109A
- Case key
- 139223
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3637 78/11/16 SARASOTA,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 31 TOTAL TIME - 1036 N702FL PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SARASOTA-BRADENTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARASOTA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N702FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sarasota-Bradento
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N702FL · 1
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