- Date
- July 30, 1971
- Place
- Santa Ynez, CA · SANTA YNEZ, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9378WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163672
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3793 71/7/30 SANTA YNEZ,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 33 TOTAL TIME - 0840 N9378W PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA YNEZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA YNEZ,CALIF TAFT,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- BATTERY DEPLETED. PLT PROPPED ACFT. PARKING BRAKE IMPROPERLY SET,NO CHOCKS. PAX WERENT INFORMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9378W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Santa Ynez
N9378WRegistration cancelled Mar 24, 2011 · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N9378W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.