- Date
- June 4, 1980
- Place
- Ocala, FL · OCALA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N7651LPiper PA-31P
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800604018279A
- Case key
- 131353
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0801 80/6/4 OCALA,FL PIPER PA-31P CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0615 N7651L PX- 0 0 0 OTHER UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCALA MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= REMARKS- OIL FILLER CAP NOT SECURED-L ENG.CREW FLED FM STOLEN ACFT AFT LNDG ALLOWING FIRE TO SPREAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7651L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ocala Municipal
N7651LRegistration cancelled Sep 11, 1982 · Piper PA-31PAirframe modelPiper PA-31PEngine modelLycoming TIGO-541SER
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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.