- Date
- October 13, 1970
- Place
- Bonita, CA · BONITA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N851PSPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175199
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2439 70/10/13 BONITA,CALIF PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 163 TIME - 1139 N851PS PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHULA VISTA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT DIVE TO GRND AFTER PRACTICE STALL ABOUT 5000 FT AGL. ACFT IMPACTED INVERTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N851PS
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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