- Date
- February 25, 1979
- Place
- St Petersburg, FL · ST PETERSBURG, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5861YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790225042119A
- Case key
- 136375
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3079 79/2/25 NR.ST PETERSBURG,FL PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 1600 TIME - 1250 N5861Y PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAMPA,FL BIRMINGHAM,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- AUTOPSY SHOWED MODERATELY SEVERE ARTERIOSCLEROSIS FOR PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5861Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5861YRegistration cancelled Dec 16, 1980 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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