- Date
- May 29, 1978
- Place
- Carlsbad, CA · CARLSBAD, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7569YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780529021149A
- Case key
- 142064
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1935 78/5/29 CARLSBAD,CA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 475 TIME - 1935 N7569Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALOMAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE HAVASU,AZ CARLSBAD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE REMARKS- FIRE DAMAGE TO LEFT ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND FLAP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7569Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palomar
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7569Y · 2
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