- Date
- October 12, 1981
- Place
- Ft Pierce, FL · FT PIERCE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4890APiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811012066599A
- Case key
- 122940
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3098 81/10/12 NR.FT PIERCE,FL PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, UNK/NR TIME - 1700 N4890A PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST LUCIE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- CRASHED WHILE OBSERVING DEER FROM LOW ALTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4890A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4890ARegistration cancelled Oct 14, 2014 · Piper PA-18A-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18A-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4890A · 1
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