- Date
- September 21, 1970
- Place
- Lancaster, CA · LANCASTER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3954PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148349
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3795 70/9/21 LANCASTER,CALIF PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 2500 TIME - 1130 N3954P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 64 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - QUARTZ HILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- PLTS HOME BASE.LND TO L OF RWY CENTER.RAN INTO TUMBLEWEEDS.FLD NOTAMED USE AT OWN RISK.RWYS HAD X.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3954P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Quartz Hill
N3954PRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N3954P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.