- Date
- February 4, 1980
- Place
- Sebring, FL · SEBRING, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8103DPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800204002019A
- Case key
- 132026
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1017 80/2/4 SEBRING,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 387 TIME - 0800 N8103D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEBRING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAPLES,FL SEBRING,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- FIRST POINT OF IMPACT 56IN HIGH ON TELEPHONE POLE,WING TIP NORMALLY 45-48IN OFF GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8103D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sebring
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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.