Piper PA-18 N3997P
10 July 1982 · Key Largo, Florida, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 10 July 1982 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N3997P, operated by Garrison Barnes, was involved in an accident near Key Largo, Florida, United States. 4 people were on board and one died, 3 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 19:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Key Largo, Florida, United States
- Coordinates
- 25.0794, -80.4406
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18
- Registration
- N3997P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Garrison Barnes
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Key Largo → Homestead
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA82FA151
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 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
AIRCRAFT CLIMBED STEEPLY AFTER TAKEOFF, STALLED AND DESCENDED VERTICALLY TO THE GROUND. PILOT HAD NO CERTIFICATE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Feb 1982 | Cessna 152 | Opa Locka, Florida, United States | Burnside-Ott | No injuries | - |
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