- Date
- April 14, 1979
- Place
- Useppa Island, FL · USEPPA ISLAND, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2089KPiper PA-44
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790414008629A
- Case key
- 137193
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1248 79/4/14 USEPPA ISLAND,FL PIPER PA-44 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 830 TIME - 1040 N2089K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - USEPPA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST PETERSBURG,FL USEPPA ISLAND,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH BRUSH ON FINAL APPROACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2089K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-44
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Useppa
N2089KRegistered now · Piper PA-44-180Airframe modelPiper PA-44-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.