- Date
- December 22, 1983, 14:51 local (22:51 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7510HPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831222063019A
- Case key
- 30960
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed on the arpt in a steep nose down attitude after dropping a banner it was towing. The plt waved to the ground personnel and turned in a 60 degree bank nose high turn. After 180 degrees of turn the acft stalled, the nosefell through and the acft dove to the ground from about 150 ft AGL. The acft came to rest 60 ft from initial impact point with the aft fuselage and empennage extending upward about 40 degrees from horizontal. The employer of the plt had discussed his steep turns and asked him to widen his pattern for safety only a few days before the accident. Examination of the wreckage revealed no evidence of pre-impact failure or malfunction of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7510H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-371
- Airframe hours
- 5,960
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aerial Sign Company,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 16, 1982 · 800 hours before
- Airport
- FXE · Executive
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,524 total · 605 in this make and model · 1,295 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FXE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7510H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.