- Date
- January 12, 1973
- Place
- Essex, CA · ESSEX, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15528Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730112002609A
- Case key
- 169655
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0215 73/1/12 NR.ESSEX,CALIF PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1745 N15528 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 1199 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 48 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BULLHEAD CITY,ARIZ RIVERSIDE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LND ON FREEWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. L GR HIT BOULDER IN GRAVEL RIDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15528
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N15528 · 1
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