- Date
- March 11, 1971
- Place
- Desert Cntr, CA · DESERT CNTR, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8855DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160112
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0778 71/3/11 DESERT CNTR,CALIF PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 47 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N8855D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAGLE MNT,CALIF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DESERT CNTR,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- ACFT CAUGHT IN TURB,TOO SLOW.HIT DIRT BNK SHORT OF RWY,TORE 1 MN GR OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8855D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eagle Mnt,Calif
N8855DRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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