- Date
- September 30, 1965
- Place
- San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3025PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175882
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0982 65/9/30 SAN DIEGO CALIF PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 1860 TIME - 2148 N3025P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 525 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LINDBERG FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE STALL: SPIN LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SOURCE OF EXTERNAL OIL LEAKAGE DESTROYED BY FIRE.PLT ATTEMPTED SINGLE-ENG.GO-AROUND WITH GEAR DOWN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3025P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lindberg Field
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