ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364441
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Date: | Tuesday 1 October 1991 |
Time: | 08:50 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-28-140 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N6700W |
MSN: | 28-20810 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-E2A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Brooksville, FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Zephyrhills, FL (KZPH) |
Destination airport: | Columbus, GA (KCSG) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative: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.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDITIONS, AND HIS SELECTION OF UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FOR HIS ATTEMPTED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA92LA001 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MIA92LA001
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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