- Date
- December 26, 1966
- Place
- El Centro, CA · EL CENTRO, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3575WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119356
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4255 66/12/26 EL CENTRO CALIF PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 300 TIME - 0630 N3575W PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL CENTRO NAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT REMARKS- DESTINATION AIRPORT-IMPERIAL.LANDED EL CENTRO NAS.TAXIED 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO HITTING FIRE HYDRANT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3575W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Centro Nas
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