- Date
- August 15, 1980
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ · ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8783PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800815037939A
- Case key
- 129320
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2736 80/8/15 ATLANTIC CITY,NJ PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1535 N8783P PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 37, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 966 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BADER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTIC CITY,NJ BRISTOL,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OBSRVD 1000FT AGL IN AILERON ROLL,THEN PULL UP INTO LOOP,HIT GND DURING PULL-OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8783P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bader Field
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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.