Knight TWSTR N88X

7 February 1981 · Miami, Florida, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 7 February 1981 at about 10:40 local time, a Knight TWSTR registered N88X was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Miami, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 7 February 1981 at 10:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Miami, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Tamiami
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Knight TWSTR
Registration: N88X
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Homestead, Fl → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0439

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	0

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

WHILE SLOWING & MAKING S-TURNS FOR SPACING BHND PIPER PA-32, ENCTRD WAKE TURBC, ENTERED SPIN.

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 3-0439, 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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