- Date
- May 29, 1972
- Place
- Lake Hughes, CA · LAKE HUGHES, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3435WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166767
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0174 72/5/29 LAKE HUGHES,CALIF PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 309 TIME - 0600 N3435W PX- 0 1 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 102 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE ELIZABETH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA MONICA,CALIF LAKE ELIZABETH,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- HIT EMBANKMENT AT END OF RWY,APRX 3FT BLO RWY LEVEL.PRIVATE STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3435W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Elizabeth
N3435WRegistration cancelled Nov 13, 2012 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N3435W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.