Piper PA-12 N7510H

Summary

On 22 December 1983 at about 22:51 local time, a Piper PA-12 registered N7510H was involved in an accident near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 December 1983 at 22:51

Classification

Accident

Location

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Executive (FXE)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-12

Registration

N7510H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84FA049

1 person died.

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

THE ACFT CRASHED ON THE ARPT IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AFTER DROPPING A BANNER IT WAS TOWING. THE PLT WAVED TO THE GROUND PERSONNEL AND TURNED IN A 60 DEGREE BANK NOSE HIGH TURN. AFTER 180 DEGREES OF TURN THE ACFT STALLED, THE NOSEFELL THROUGH AND THE ACFT DOVE TO THE GROUND FROM ABOUT 150 FT AGL. THE ACFT CAME TO REST 60 FT FROM INITIAL IMPACT POINT WITH THE AFT FUSELAGE AND EMPENNAGE EXTENDING UPWARD ABOUT 40 DEGREES FROM HORIZONTAL. THE EMPLOYER OF THE PLT HAD DISCUSSED HIS STEEP TURNS AND ASKED HIM TO WIDEN HIS PATTERN FOR SAFETY ONLY A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PRE-IMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.