- Date
- March 25, 1973
- Place
- Capistrano, CA · CAPISTRANO, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4395TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730325007699A
- Case key
- 170618
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0869 73/3/25 CAPISTRANO,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N4395T PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 29, 1705 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 310 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPISTRANO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAPISTRANO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- HIT JUST BLO TOP OF RAVINE ABOUT 120 FT SHORT OF RWY. GUSTS TO 15K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4395T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capistrano
N4395TRegistration cancelled Nov 29, 2012 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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 N4395T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.