- Date
- April 4, 1977
- Place
- San Fernando, CA · SAN FERNANDO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N25579Porterfield LP-65
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770404006459A
- Case key
- 157275
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0594 77/4/4 SAN FERNANDO,CA PORTERFIELD LP-65 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 25 TOTAL TIME - 1230 N25579 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FERNANDO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FERNANDO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NOT ENDORSED FOR SOLO IN TYPE ACFT. CARB HEAT ON HOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25579
- Reported as
- Porterfield LP-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Fernando
N25579Registration cancelled Jul 19, 2018 · Porterfield LP-65Airframe modelPorterfield LP-65Engine modelLycoming 0-145B series
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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.