- Date
- October 30, 1978
- Place
- Titusville, FL · TITUSVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1058UPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781030044089A
- Case key
- 138527
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4083 78/10/30 NR.TITUSVILLE,FL PIPER PA-34 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 2978 TIME - 2000 N1058U PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 696 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASHEVILLE,NC MERRITT ISLAND,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT DSND BLO ASGN ALT-RPTD GYRO INSTR INOP-VFR-LOST CTL UNKN RSN-ALL WRECKGE NOT RCVD FM SWAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1058U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1058URegistration cancelled Jun 25, 2009 · Piper PA-34-200Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.