- Date
- April 24, 1972
- Place
- Bermuda Dns, CA · BERMUDA DNS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7757YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166121
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1772 72/4/24 BERMUDA DNS,CALIF PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 89 TOTAL TIME - 1415 N7757Y PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERMUDA DUNES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX BERMUDA DUNES,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 88 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTY.PROP,WING TIP DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7757Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bermuda Dunes
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