- Date
- February 14, 1980
- Place
- Sebring, FL · SEBRING, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N662BAero Comdr 680FL
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800214002839A
- Case key
- 132266
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0034 80/2/14 NR.SEBRING,FL AERO COMDR 680FL CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 52, 5000 TIME - 1701 N662B PX- 1 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEWISTON,FL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LAST STATIC SYSTEM CHECK 3/28/74.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N662B
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680FL
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N662BRegistration cancelled Nov 12, 2014 · Aero Commander 680FLAirframe modelAero Commander 680FLEngine modelLycoming IGSO-540-B1A
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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.