- Date
- January 24, 1984, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N157DBPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840124001819A
- Case key
- 31076
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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.
Analysis
The acft was landed hard at higher than normal airspeed. The plt stated that he came in'too high and too fast'and when he landed he'broke the nose wheel'. Investigation revealed that the plt did not possess any aeronautical certificates or ratings. He had applied for a pilot license but was disqualified because of his cardiovascular condition and use of disqualifying medication.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N157DB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7325141
- Airframe hours
- 1,858
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Floyd E. Pierce
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 12, 1983 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- LEE · Leesburg, FL
- Airport
- X04 · Orlando North, runway 33, 3,000 × 30 ft, asphalt
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
- 65
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3 total · 3 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.