- Date
- November 17, 1984, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fellsmere, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3704EPiper PA-36-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841117062379A
- Case key
- 31212
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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 control - in flight
Aircraft performance,rolling maneuvers - loss,partialFactor
Aircraft weight and balance - exceededFactor
Powerplant controls - not usedFactor
Load jettison - not performedFactor
Airspeed(vs) - not maintainedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Plt was completing downwind turn when acft began to settle. Plt failed to use full power or jettison the chemical load. As airspeed fell below minimum steady state control spd, acft mushed into grnd.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3704E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36780041
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Indian River Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1984 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- Fellsmere, FL
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 949 total · 113 in this make and model · 846 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 19 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.