- Date
- December 5, 1979
- Place
- Pembroke Pines, FL · PEMBROKE PINES, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6883YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791205037239A
- Case key
- 133642
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3080 79/12/5 PEMBROKE PINES,FL PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1193 TIME - 0945 N6883Y PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 194 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH PERRY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEMBROKE PINES,FL ST PETERSBURG,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: RESIDENCE(S) TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6883Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- North Perry
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.