- Date
- July 10, 1982, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Key Largo, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3997PPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820710026379A
- Case key
- 71261
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/spin - uncontrolled
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Aircraft climbed steeply after takeoff, stalled and descended vertically to the ground. Pilot had no certificate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3997P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-4758
- Airframe hours
- 5,812
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Garrison Barnes
- Registered owner
- Garrison Barnes
- Departed
- Key Largo, FL
- Destination
- C · Homestead, FL
N3997PRegistration cancelled Nov 15, 2012 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Medical
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.