ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13602
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 November 1976 |
| Time: | 22:38 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-310 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Jack R Sproch |
| Registration: | N50BB |
| MSN: | 31-323 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tallahassee, Florida -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Tallahassee Regional Airport, Florida (TLH/KTLH) |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida (FLL/KFLL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 17 November 1976 when crashed at Tallahassee, Florida, during initial climb out phase. According to the NTSB report into the accident: "Aircraft descended into ground on instrument climb out: pilot failed to maintain positive rate of climb"
All three persons on board (the 56-year-old pilot and two passengers) were killed. Registration N50BB cancelled by the FAA on 18 March 1977
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MIA77FA010 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=55201&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=50BB
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1976/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-tallahassee-3-killed/]
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/fl/N50BB/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Apr-2015 22:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2015 22:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2017 23:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source] |
| 29-Oct-2019 18:06 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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