- Date
- October 23, 1980
- Place
- Wilma, FL · WILMA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8250JPiper 601P
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801023063429A
- Case key
- 128095
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3631 80/10/23 NR.WILMA,FL PIPER 601P CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 3454 TIME - 1043 N8250J PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PANAMA CITY,FL FT.MYERS,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- L WING,TAIL SECTION SEPD.L ENG NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8250J
- Reported as
- Piper 601P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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