- Date
- February 17, 1981
- Place
- Silver Springs, FL · SILVER SPRINGS, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5726UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810217004179A
- Case key
- 127020
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0736 81/2/17 NR.SILVER SPRINGS,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 285 TIME - 1330 N5726U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 205 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SILVER SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSONVILLE,FL ORLANDO,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- SLID OFF IN DITCH DRG LNDG ON LOGGING ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5726U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Silver Springs
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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.