- Date
- January 31, 1975
- Place
- Vidal Junction, CA · VIDAL JUNCTION, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55910Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750131001439A
- Case key
- 170768
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0079 75/1/31 VIDAL JUNCTION,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 65 TOTAL TIME - 1712 N55910 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VIDAL JUNCTION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ANA,CA VIDAL JUNCTION,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LANDED ON CLOSED RWY WITH DITCHES ACROSS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55910
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vidal Junction
N55910Registration cancelled Dec 21, 2005 · 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 N55910 · 1
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