Piper PA-28 N16EC
20 December 1979 · Tampa, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 December 1979 at about 09:21 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N16EC, operated by Flight, Inc., was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Tampa, Florida, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 09:21
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Tampa, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Peter O.knight
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28
- Registration
- N16EC
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Flight, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → Atlanta, Ga.
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3686
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
LEANED MXTR DRG TKOF FOR MAX PWR, PULLED MXTR WHEN ENG RAN ROUGH.LNDD IN TURN AVOIDING OBSTRUCTIONS
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jul 1979 | Piper PA-28 | Melbourne, Florida, United States | FIT Aviation | No injuries | - |
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| 11 Jul 1979 | Piper PA-28 | Milan, Ohio, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 3 Jun 1979 | Piper PA-28 | Oceanside, California, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
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