- Date
- September 29, 1973
- Place
- Grover City, CA · GROVER CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3116ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730929034249A
- Case key
- 188515
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2858 73/9/29 GROVER CITY,CALIF PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 133 TIME - 0600 N3116Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 68 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEANO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEANO,CALIF BISHOP,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 49 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OBS STATED HEAVY FOG IN AREA. ACFT HIT TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3116Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oceano
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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.