- Date
- May 30, 1978
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N59839Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780530027059A
- Case key
- 142130
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2441 78/5/30 LOS ANGELES,CA PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0804 N59839 PX- 0 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 24, 2810 TOTAL HOURS, 51 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ANA,CA LOS ANGELES,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- 5KT TAILWIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59839
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl
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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.