- Date
- August 8, 1970
- Place
- Sj Capstrno, CA · SJ CAPSTRNO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8944NPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190660
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3371 70/8/8 SJ CAPSTRNO,CALIF PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 877 TIME - 1000 N8944N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 211 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - S.JUAN CAPISTRANO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FULLERTON,CALIF SJ CAPSTRNO,CALIF 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 AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- T/D APRX 100FT SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8944N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- S.Juan Capistrano
N8944NRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N8944N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.