- Date
- September 12, 1967
- Place
- Avalon Sci, CA · AVALON SCI, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5638PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114480
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0744 67/9/12 AVALON,SCI,CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 132 TIME - 1242 N5638P PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CATALINA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 74 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- PLT ENTERED FOG BANK/STRATUS LAYER 200FT ABV ANDADJACENT TO APPROACH END OF RNWY.ARPT WX GIVEN PLT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5638P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Catalina
N5638PRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-24-180Airframe modelPiper PA-24-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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