ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13612
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| Date: | Thursday 16 March 1978 |
| Time: | 03:45 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Aborne Airbour |
| Registration: | N7488L |
| MSN: | 31-7300911 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Leesburg Regional Airport, Leesburg, Flordia -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Leesburg Regional Airport, Leesburg, Flordia (LEE/KLEE) |
| Leesburg Regional Airport, Leesburg, Flordia (LEE/KLEE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 16 March 1978 when pilot suffered spatial disorientation and aircraft went into an uncontrolled descent near Leesburg Regional Airport, Leesburg, Florida. The aircraft was involved in a local ferry/positioning flight, and the passenger was killed (the pilot was seriously injured). According to the official NTSB report into the accident:
"PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS (IFR FLIGHT ONLY). AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT VISIBILITY WAS 1/2 MILE OR LESS, AND THE CLOUD CEILING WAS 200 FEET"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MIA78FA054 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=41988&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7488L
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/fl/N7488L/
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1978/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-florida-1-killed-2/]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-May-2015 00:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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