- Date
- January 25, 1976
- Place
- Burbank, CA · BURBANK, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8228CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760125002689A
- Case key
- 152291
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0228 76/1/25 NR.BURBANK,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 20 TOTAL TIME - 1402 N8228C PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLLYWOOD-BURBANK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURBANK,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- FIRST SOLO.FLEW IMPROPER PATTERN,WAS TOLD TO GO ARND.HIT WIRES & CRASHED ONTO BLDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8228C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hollywood-Burbank
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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.