- Date
- April 28, 1979
- Place
- Labelle, FL · LABELLE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6478LPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790428031399A
- Case key
- 135484
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2864 79/4/28 NR.LABELLE,FL PIPER PA-31 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2200 TIME - 0330 N6478L PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AMERICAN AGRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED LABELLE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 72 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PIC DID NOT POSSESS MEL RATING.NARCOTICS CONTRABAND CARGO.LOCAL GROUNG FOG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6478L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- American Agro
N6478LRegistration cancelled Jan 3, 2011 · Piper PA-31-310Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.