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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Kernville, CA · May 4, 1979

Date
May 4, 1979 · 16:46 local
Place
Kernville, CA
Airport
Kern Valley Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2160E
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79FVA31
Reported as
Piper PA44180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,422 total250 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Pilot attempted a go around, had a rough engine. Attempted landing resulted in crash. No engine malfunction found

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND, HAD A ROUGH ENGINE. ATTEMPTED LANDING RESULTED IN CRASH. NO ENGINE MALFUNCTION FOUND

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N2160E · 1

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