- Date
- March 5, 1979
- Place
- Grant, FL · GRANT, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N38730Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790305004129A
- Case key
- 137435
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0416 79/3/5 GRANT,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 4416 TIME - 1615 N38730 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 2600 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MELBOURNE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38730
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N38730Registration cancelled Sep 12, 2007 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N38730 · 1
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