- Date
- May 26, 1976
- Place
- Chula Vista, CA · CHULA VISTA, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6009PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154310
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1840 76/5/26 NR.CHULA VISTA,CA PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 150 TIME - 2350 N6009P PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHULA VISTA,CA MCALLEN,TX EL PASO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- PILOT FLEW INTO GROUND IN DESCENDING RIGHT TURN. SPARSELY LTD TERRAIN IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6009P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Brown Field
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