- Date
- October 1, 1991, 08:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place
- Brooksville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6700WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911001044439A
- Case key
- 33013
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent flight into IMC conditions, and his selection of unsuitable terrain for his attempted precautionary landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The noninstrument rated pilot was on a cross country flight and encountered deteriorating weather conditions. He attempted a precautionary landing to what appeared to be a grass field. On landing the airplane nosed over. The landing area was a marshy mining overflow area with water beneath the surface vegetation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6700W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-20810
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hamilton, Charles L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ZPH · Zephyrhills, FL
- Destination
- CSG · Columbus, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 140 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Observed at
- PIE, 61 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.
Other investigations on N6700W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.