- Date
- December 25, 1977
- Place
- Santee, CA · SANTEE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N505GSPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771225038589A
- Case key
- 144428
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3967 77/12/25 SANTEE,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 250 TIME - 1430 N505GS PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILLESPIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTEE,CA LOCAL 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) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- RAN INTO DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N505GS
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gillespie
N505GSRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.