- Date
- September 23, 1983, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Verna, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7032WPiper PA 28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830923074989I
- Case key
- 30835
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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 engine power
Miscellaneous - failure,totalCause
Judgment - poor
Inadequate initial training
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Acft made an emergency due to powerplant failure. Access to the wreckage was never gained.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7032W
- Reported as
- Piper PA 28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-715
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John C. Planker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 12, 1983
- Departed
- VNC · Venice, FL
- Destination
- ORL · Orlando, FL
N7032WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 894 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Observed at
- TPA, 58 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.