- Date
- September 5, 1974
- Place
- Santee, CA · SANTEE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7387KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740905031799A
- Case key
- 138761
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3312 74/9/5 SANTEE,CALIF PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1720 N7387K PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 25, 1160 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 154 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILLESPIE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHULA VISTA,CALIF RETURN SANTEE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7387K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gillespie Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7387K · 1
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