- Date
- October 31, 1975
- Place
- San Dimas, CA · SAN DIMAS, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1356EPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751031040389A
- Case key
- 151456
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3710 75/10/31 SAN DIMAS,CA PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1504 TIME - 2137 N1356E PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 460 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRACKETT FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CA LA VERNE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - OTHER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MADE 360 ON 1ST APCH,TOO HI. TERRAIN,SPARSE LTG,DARK NITE CAUSED LACK OF HORIZON ON APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1356E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Brackett Field
N1356ERegistration cancelled Feb 16, 1976 · Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)
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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.