- Date
- January 4, 1978
- Place
- Devore, CA · DEVORE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1511PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780104006129A
- Case key
- 143222
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0480 78/1/4 NR.DEVORE,CA PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 1550 TIME - 0951 N1511P PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ONTARIO,CA CHICO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN, RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 57 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1511P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1511PRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 2009 · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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