19950715018749A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Big Bear, CA · July 15, 1995

Date
July 15, 1995 · 12:35 local
Place
Big Bear, CA
Airport
Big Bear City Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8742N
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX95LA254
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,705 total25 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Lost partial power on climbout. Tried land open area. Hit brush short. No defects. Misjudged density altitude power

As the FAA filed it

LOST PARTIAL POWER ON CLIMBOUT. TRIED LAND OPEN AREA. HIT BRUSH SHORT. NO DEFECTS. MISJUDGED DENSITY ALTITUDE POWER

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N8742N · 1

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