- Date
- October 19, 1980
- Place
- Weeki Wachee, FL · WEEKI WACHEE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1714HPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801019088299A
- Case key
- 127981
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3295 80/10/19 NR.WEEKI WACHEE,FL PIPER PA-32R CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 41, 600 TIME - 1630 N1714H PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAFOOTA,JAMAICA WEEKI WACHEE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- CRASHED GR DWN NEAR ROAD.APRX 9HRS FLT TIME SINCE RENTING ACFT 10/18.450LBS MARIJUANA ONBOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1714H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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