- Date
- September 28, 1972
- Place
- Bg Bear Cty, CA · BG BEAR CTY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1163CPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168500
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2691 72/9/28 BG BEAR CTY,CALIF PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 17, 31 TOTAL TIME - 1450 N1163C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG BEAR CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BG BEAR CTY,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- IP SAID BRAKES KNOWN TO BE WEAK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1163C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Big Bear City
N1163CRegistration cancelled Nov 27, 2007 · Piper PA-22Airframe modelPiper PA-22Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.