19761010031889A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Newhall, CA · October 10, 1976

Date
October 10, 1976
Place
Newhall, CA
Airport
Mystery Mesa
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N38108
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX77DUQ03
Reported as
Piper J3C65
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
634 total161 in this make and model43 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated encountrd dwndrft. Elected to abort so wheels would not catch chain link fence.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED ENCOUNTRD DWNDRFT.ELECTED TO ABORT SO WHEELS WOULD NOT CATCH CHAIN LINK FENCE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.