- Date
- April 3, 1977
- Place
- Saugus, CA · SAUGUS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1269TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770403017379A
- Case key
- 157942
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1079 77/4/3 NR.SAUGUS,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 892 TIME - 1617 N1269T PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MYSTERY MESA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAUGUS,CA PACOIMA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOSS OF CTL FOR UNDET REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1269T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mystery Mesa
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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