- Date
- July 17, 1976
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA · SANTA PAULA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5586JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760717022929A
- Case key
- 154314
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1845 76/7/17 SANTA PAULA,CA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 2000 TIME - 1540 N5586J PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA PAULA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA PAULA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) COPILOT - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- QUALIFIED PLT ALLWD OTHER PILOT TO LND SHORT IN BRUSH. ACFT VEERED INTO POST & HIT PA-28 N8447R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5586J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Paula
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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.