- Date
- June 16, 1966
- Place
- Guadalupe, CA · GUADALUPE, CA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N3531WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171166
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1131 66/6/16 GUADALUPE CALIF PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 345 TIME - 0637 N3531W PX- 5 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3531W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3531WRegistration cancelled Dec 22, 2010 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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