# NTSB LAX71AL072: Piper PA-22, N4887Z, Escondido, CA, June 5, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 5, 1971
- Place: Escondido, CA · ESCONDIDO, CA
- Location: 33.1192° N, 117.0864° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Escondido, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1192&lon=-117.0864&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 7, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161698
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX71AL072
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71AL072

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0926   71/6/5    ESCONDIDO,CALIF     PIPER PA-22         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 21, 69 TOTAL
        TIME - 1000                    N4887Z              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          REDLANDS,CALIF              SAN DIEGO,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       56
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          240                                                       4
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- HIT CANYON SLOPE ABT 1500FT MSL.WITNESSES REPORTED LOW CLOUDS,VSBY APRX 200YDS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4887Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4887Z-1971-08-03), registration cancelled 1971-08-03, S/N 228469 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-108](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (registry code 7102204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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