- Date
- July 25, 1974
- Place
- Wrightwood, CA · WRIGHTWOOD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1538JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740725024449A
- Case key
- 138753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3485 74/7/25 NR.WRIGHTWOOD,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 81 TOTAL TIME - 1938 N1538J PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FULLERTON,CALIF PALMDALE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- FLYING PSGRS.UN OUTCLIMB TERRAIN.CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AT 7000FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1538J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.