- Date
- September 16, 1979
- Place
- Grass Valley, CA · GRASS VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1228TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790916035419A
- Case key
- 133637
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3073 79/9/16 GRASS VALLEY,CA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 249 TIME - 0930 N1228T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NOVOTO,CA AUBURN,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- PLT STATED-MISTOOK NEVADA CO ARPT(ELEV 3135FT)FOR AUBURN MUNI(ELEV 1523FT).LND OK AFTER COLLISION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1228T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nevada County
N1228TRegistration cancelled Jul 5, 2022 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1228T · 1
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