- Date
- August 29, 1978
- Place
- Laverne, CA · LAVERNE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3708MPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780829041009A
- Case key
- 139927
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3756 78/8/29 LAVERNE,CA PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 140 TIME - 0520 N3708M PX- 3 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRACKETT FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LAVERNE,CA PHOENIX,AZ LAS VEGAS,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 63 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3708M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Brackett Field
N3708MRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Piper PA-32RT-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300Engine modelLycoming IO-540 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.