- Date
- August 28, 1980
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL · VERO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N398GTPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800828039659A
- Case key
- 129510
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1863 80/8/28 NR.VERO BEACH,FL PIPER PA-31 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2130 N398GT PX- 0 0 0 OTHER 32, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, 40 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VERO BEACH,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- MARIJUANA LADEN ACFT COLLIDED WITH POWERLINES AND TREE WHILE FLYING OVER REMOTE AREA AT NIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N398GT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.