- Date
- April 6, 1968
- Place
- Palo Verde, CA · PALO VERDE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2905ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111207
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0869 68/4/6 PALO VERDE,CALIF PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 329 TIME - 1000 N2905Z PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALTERS CAMP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG AND OTHER ACFT COMPONENTS STOLEN PRIOR TO INVESTIGATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2905Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Walters Camp
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