- Date
- August 5, 1980
- Place
- Okeechobee, FL · OKEECHOBEE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5412PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800805035559A
- Case key
- 130023
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1754 80/8/5 NR.OKEECHOBEE,FL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 37, UNK/NR TIME - 1957 N5412P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIVER ACRES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANTANA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL .243MG%
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5412P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- River Acres
N5412PRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.