19801011082789A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Castro Valley, CA · October 11, 1980

Date
October 11, 1980 · 10:10 local
Place
Castro Valley, CA
Airport
Hayward
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9754W
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FVD03
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
353 total223 in this make and model29 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Lost power on climb to cruise. Crash-landed. Exact cause of power loss undetermined. Suspect fuel problem.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER ON CLIMB TO CRUISE. CRASH-LANDED. EXACT CAUSE OF POWER LOSS UNDETERMINED. SUSPECT FUEL PROBLEM.

NTSB investigation

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