ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13887
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Date: | Monday 30 October 1978 |
Time: | 20:00 |
Type: | Piper PA-34-200 Seneca |
Owner/operator: | Constructions Services Inc |
Registration: | N1058U |
MSN: | 34-7250042 |
Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Titusville, Brevard County, Florida -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Asheville Regional Airport, Asheville, North Carolina (AVL/KAVL) |
Destination airport: | Merritt Island Airport, Merritt Island, Florida (COI/KCOI) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) October 30 1978 when crashed near Titusville, Brevard County, Florida: Pilot descended below assigned altitude. Reported gyro instrumentation inoperative. Pilot was flying under VFR conditions when he lost control for unknown reasons. Aircraft was flying in conditions of thunderstorms and heavy rain, which may have been more appropriate for IFR not VFR
Not all wreckage was recovered from the swamp into which it crashed. Both persons on board (pilot and one passenger) were killed.
Registration N1058U finally cancelled by the FAA on June 25, 2009 - almost 31 years later
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA79FA007 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MIA79FA007 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=38795&key=0 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=1058U 3.
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N1058U.html 4.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/fl/N1058U/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
29-Nov-2016 22:04 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
01-Dec-2016 17:49 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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