- Date
- August 12, 1979
- Place
- Keystone, FL · KEYSTONE, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2052WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790812032169A
- Case key
- 134156
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2579 79/8/12 NR.KEYSTONE,FL PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 99 TOTAL TIME - 2055 N2052W PX- 2 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KEYSTONE HEIGHTS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OPALOCKA,FL KEYSTONE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DARK NIGHT,LNDG LIGHTS OBSERVED NOT ILLUMINATED ON FINAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2052W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Keystone Heights
FAA reports on this event · 1
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