- Date
- September 6, 1977
- Place
- Gorman, CA · GORMAN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N250CBPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770906035779A
- Case key
- 144772
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3366 77/9/6 NR.GORMAN,CA PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 200 TIME - 1315 N250CB PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAXY RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED GORMAN,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- STOLEN 6/28/77.1500LB MARIJUANA ON BOARD.LONG RANGE FUSELAGE TANKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N250CB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Maxy Ranch
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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.