- Date
- July 21, 1979
- Place
- Fort Pierce, FL · FORT PIERCE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N27673Taylorcraft BL-65
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790721016699A
- Case key
- 135134
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1674 79/7/21 NR.FORT PIERCE,FL TAYLORCRAFT BL-65 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 50, 40 TOTAL TIME - 0848 N27673 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PVT STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT PIERCE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 168 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 30KTS.STU PLT ATMPTD LNDG AT HOME STRIP 1ST TIME W/O INSTRUCTOR ABOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27673
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BL-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pvt Strip
N27673Registration cancelled Sep 25, 2014 · Taylorcraft BL-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BL-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 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.