- Date
- July 8, 1973
- Place
- Joshua Tree, CA · JOSHUA TREE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8692CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730708027339A
- Case key
- 189010
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2761 73/7/8 JOSHUA TREE,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 44 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N8692C PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HI DESERT AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALM SPRING,CALIF YUCCA VALLEY,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT REMARKS- RWY 800FT SHORTER THAN INTENDED AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8692C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hi Desert Airport
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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.