- Date
- April 3, 1979
- Place
- Naples, FL · NAPLES, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2181PPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790403020179A
- Case key
- 137183
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1172 79/4/3 NR.NAPLES,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 85 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N2181P PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL SARASOTA,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- WRECKAGE FOUND 4/4/79.GENERAL DISINTEGRATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2181P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2181PRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2014 · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.