- Date
- March 7, 1964
- Place
- Arcadia, FL · ARCADIA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8707WPiper PA28
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121064
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0057 64/3/7 ARCADIA FLA PIPER PA28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 710 TIME - 1000 N8707W PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARCADIA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8707W
- Reported as
- Piper PA28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Arcadia
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