- Date
- July 18, 1972
- Place
- Hesperia, CA · HESPERIA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5941PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167734
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1051 72/7/18 HESPERIA,CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 977 TIME - 0630 N5941P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 604 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HESPERIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIG BEAR CITY,CALIF HESPERIA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- HIT 15 FT TREE ABOUT 100 FT FROM RWY THRESHOLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5941P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hesperia
N5941PRegistration cancelled Apr 24, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.