- Date
- April 29, 1979
- Place
- Lake Worth, FL · LAKE WORTH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8440YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790429043379A
- Case key
- 135565
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3081 79/4/29 LAKE WORTH,FL PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 1250 TIME - 0810 N8440Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM BEACH COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE WORTH,FL FT.PIERCE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8440Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palm Beach County
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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.