- Date
- August 10, 1969
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7460WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165034
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2645 69/8/10 LOS ANGELES,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 277 TIME - 0722 N7460W PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAWTHORNE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTINGTON BCH,CALIF SAN JOSE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- APRX 16 INS OF ONE PROP BLADE BROKE OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7460W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hawthorne
N7460WRegistration cancelled Mar 25, 2020 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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