- Date
- April 23, 1975
- Place
- Huntington Bch, CA · HUNTINGTON BCH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3869PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750423022089A
- Case key
- 134603
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2400 75/4/23 HUNTINGTON BCH,CA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 7000 TIME - 1350 N3869P PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOWLARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTINGTON BCH,CA LONG BEACH,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MUFFLERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURNED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HOLE IN MUFFLER.ENG CAUGHT FIRE,SPREAD TO COCKPIT.PLT JUMPED CLR BFOR IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3869P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Meadowlark
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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.