- Date
- March 13, 1971
- Place
- S.Bernardno, CA · S.BERNARDNO, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9446JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160508
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1078 71/3/13 S.BERNARDNO,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 120 TIME - 2130 N9446J PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI-CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VAN NUYS,CALIF SAN BERNARDINO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- LNDD BTWN TAXIWAY AND RWY AFTER RUNWAY LIGHTS HAD BEEN TURNED OFF.R WING HIT STROBE LIGHT FIXTURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9446J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tri-City
N9446JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N9446J · 1
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