Piper PA-28RT-201T N8412F

Summary

On 31 December 1982 at about 00:55 local time, a Piper PA-28RT-201T registered N8412F, operated by Aerosports, Inc., was involved in an accident near St. Augustine, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 December 1982 at 00:55

Classification

Accident

Location

St. Augustine, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

St. Augustine (SGJ)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28RT-201T

Registration

N8412F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Aerosports, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Salisbury → St. Augustine

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA83FA055

2 people were seriously injured.

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

APPROACH CONTROL ADVISED THE FLT AT THE TIME OF THE INITIATION OF THE APPROACH THAT WEATHER FOR THE GENERAL AREA WAS 300 FT OVERCAST, 2 MI IN FOG. THE FLT WAS CLEARED FOR THE VOR RWY 13 APPROACH. THE ACFT STRUCK TREES ABOUT 65 FT AGL IN AN AREA ABOUT 4 MI NW OF THE APPROACH END OF RWY 13. THE MDA IS 560 FT & THE ARPT ELEVATION IS 10 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.