- Date
- July 1, 1983, 10:24 local (14:24 UTC)
- Place
- Lorida, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N20021Taylorcraft TC-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830701027889A
- Case key
- 30789
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.
In flight collision with object
Judgment - poorCause
Buzzing - intentionalCause
Altitude - inadequateCause
Terrain condition - high obstruction(s)Factor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Analysis
Witnesses along a highway observed the acft flying at low altitude. One witness saw the acft hit a powerline, climb a little, then crash nose first.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20021
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft TC-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F-144
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry Reinhard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SEE · Sebring, FL
- Destination
- OBE · Okeechobee, FL
N20021Registration cancelled Jun 11, 2013 · Taylorcraft F19Airframe modelTaylorcraft F19Engine modelContinental 0-200 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
- 41
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 57 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.