- Date
- August 23, 1981
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL · FT.LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9100YPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810823051519A
- Case key
- 124697
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2137 81/8/23 NR.FT.LAUDERDALE,FL PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 2354 N9100Y PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- CREW ABANDONED ACFT AFTER LDG ON ROAD IN REMOTE AREA FOR UNDET REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9100Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9100YRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2012 · Piper PA-31-310Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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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.