- Date
- August 27, 1979
- Place
- Aurburndale, FL · AURBURNDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6716HPiper J3C
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790827031079A
- Case key
- 133879
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3800 79/8/27 NR.AURBURNDALE,FL PIPER J3C CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 8178 TIME - 1445 N6716H PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, 3224 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURBURNDALE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: BRACING WIRES,STRUTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- R REAR,INBOARD,WING STRUT,CLEVIS FAILED IN FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6716H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6716HRegistration cancelled May 1, 2013 · Piper J3C-65SAirframe modelPiper J3C-65SEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6716H · 1
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