- Date
- August 10, 1970
- Place
- Simmler, CA · SIMMLER, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2722PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113945
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2708 70/8/10 SIMMLER,CALIF PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 39, 118 TIME - 0145 N2722P PX- 1 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IMPERIAL,CALIF SANTA CRUZ,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- HIT GND NEAR VERT ATT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2722P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2722PRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2019 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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