- Date
- August 13, 1979
- Place
- Redlands, CA · REDLANDS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7595YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790813043099A
- Case key
- 133849
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4006 79/8/13 NR.REDLANDS,CA PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 2000 TIME - 1104 N7595Y PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 873 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REDLANDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLAGSTAFF,AZ REDLANDS,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN SPECIAL VFR REMARKS- WX BRIEF BY APPROACH CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7595Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Redlands
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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.