- Date
- September 7, 1971
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA · SANTA PAULA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7163RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3372 71/9/7 SANTA PAULA,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 95 TOTAL TIME - 1900 N7163R PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA PAULA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA PAULA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- PLT LNDD ACFT 1 MIN BEHIND HEL,FLEW INTO ROTOR WASH,R WNG HIT GRD,ACFT NSD OVER,NS GR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7163R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Paula
N7163RRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N7163R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.