- Date
- April 1, 1981
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL · DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2887WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810401013219A
- Case key
- 126980
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0653 81/4/1 DAYTONA BEACH,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 215 TIME - 1940 N2887W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 122 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAYTONA BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAYTONA BEACH,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- GAINING ON ACFT IN FRONT ON FINAL,ADDED FLAPS,DESCENDED INTO TREES,ADDED PWR RECVD & LNDD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2887W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Daytona Beach
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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.