- Date
- February 18, 1970
- Place
- Big Bear City, CA · BIG BEAR CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7471JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136352
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0946 70/2/18 BIG BEAR CITY,CAL PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 250 TIME - 1315 N7471J PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG BEAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIG BEAR CITY,CAL HAWTHORNE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SLID INTO FENCE AND BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7471J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Big Bear
N7471JRegistration cancelled Jan 29, 2018 · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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