- Date
- March 9, 1979
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL · VERO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2114CPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790309005999A
- Case key
- 137504
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0562 79/3/9 NR.VERO BEACH,FL PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1030 N2114C PX- 0 0 0 TEST 44, 8418 TOTAL HOURS, 18 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERO BEACH,FL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-SPIN CHUTE FAILED TO RELEASE REMARKS- D RING TEST RELEASED 750LBS ABOVE NORMAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2114C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.