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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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