- Date
- January 14, 1979
- Place
- Hart Mine, CA · HART MINE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6567LPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790114000839A
- Case key
- 138224
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0012 79/1/14 HART MINE,CA PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 5270 TIME - 1700 N6567L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HART MINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENNEWICK,WA SAN DIEGO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- KENNEWICK A/P CLOSED DURING RPTD DEPT TIME.RPT FLT DISTANCE NOT POSSIBLE W FUEL ON BOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6567L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hart Mine
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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.