- Date
- March 21, 1979
- Place
- Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5344FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790321025629A
- Case key
- 136323
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2151 79/3/21 NR.HOMESTEAD,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 160 TIME - 2002 N5344F PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOMESTEAD GENERAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OPALOCKA,FL HOMESTEAD,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NO MOON AND NO GROUND REFERENCE LIGHTS EXCEPT TO THE EAST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5344F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Homestead General
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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.