- Date
- January 28, 1978
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7516PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780128000779A
- Case key
- 143589
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0110 78/1/28 AVALON,CA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 426 TIME - 1140 N7516P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CATALINA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FULLERTON,CA AVALON,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- DIDNT RETRACT FLAPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7516P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Catalina
N7516PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.
Other investigations on N7516P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.