- Date
- August 30, 1978
- Place
- Shandon, CA · SHANDON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8835PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780830028179A
- Case key
- 139658
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2736 78/8/30 SHANDON,CA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 315 TIME - 1640 N8835P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SINTON RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHANDON,CA BAKERSFIELD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- WND GUSTING 15K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8835P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sinton Ranch
N8835PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.