- Date
- January 15, 1971
- Place
- Cadiz, CA · CADIZ, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3233WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132572
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0025 71/1/15 CADIZ,CALIF PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 320 TIME - 1800 N3233W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CALIF EL CENTRO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: OTHER ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT SAID HIT MT NR EL CENTRO,TORE OFF L GR.CONTD FLT TILL FUEL EXHAUSTED.CRASH LNDD IN DESERT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3233W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3233WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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