- Date
- January 3, 1978
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21CAPiper PA-31T
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780103001909A
- Case key
- 143582
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0104 78/1/3 SANTA ANA,CA PIPER PA-31T CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2010 N21CA PX- 0 0 4 TRAINING 37, 10800 TOTAL HOURS, 50 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,AZ SANTA ANA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - THRUST REVERSAL-ASYMETRICAL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- R THROTTLE TO BETA HARD TO PULL,L WENT INTO REVERSE FIRST.NO DISCREPANCY FOUND DRG GND CK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21CA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Orange County
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.