- Date
- November 25, 1979
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL · JACKSONVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N20KAPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791125011589A
- Case key
- 133287
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3644 79/11/25 JACKSONVILLE,FL PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 2579 TIME - 1903 N20KA PX- 0 0 7 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 460 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRAIG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL JACKSONVILLE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 70 340 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20KA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Craig
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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.