- Date
- April 3, 1980
- Place
- Sebastian, FL · SEBASTIAN, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2127ZPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800403025539A
- Case key
- 134890
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0985 80/4/3 SEBASTIAN,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 40 TOTAL TIME - 0105 N2127Z PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEBASTIAN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEBASTIAN,FL OPA LOCKA,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2127Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sebastian Muni
N2127ZRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2012 · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.