- Date
- May 16, 1979
- Place
- Anza, CA · ANZA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9472PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790516011779A
- Case key
- 136226
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1138 79/5/16 NR.ANZA,CA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1457 TIME - 1330 N9472P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PALOMAR,CA ROUND ROBIN FLIGHT BORREGO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9472P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9472PRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2008 · 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.