Piper PA-38 N801JC

19 December 1979 · Zephyrhills, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 December 1979 at about 17:40 local time, a Piper PA-38 registered N801JC, operated by Tampa Flying S, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Zephyrhills, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 December 1979 at 17:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Zephyrhills, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Zephyrhills
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-38
Registration: N801JC
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Tampa Flying S
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Training
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: Tampa, Fl → Return
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3689

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

WNG STRUCK HAYBALE WHILE TAXIING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3689, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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