- Date
- July 12, 1981
- Place
- Lakeland, FL · LAKELAND, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8487RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810712040629A
- Case key
- 124508
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2175 81/7/12 NR.LAKELAND,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 570 TIME - 1353 N8487R PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 84 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOVER,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WITNESSES RPTD ACFT MAKING SEVERAL LOW PASSES TO NEARBY FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8487R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
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