- Date
- July 1, 1979
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N3494MPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790701033399A
- Case key
- 133679
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2840 79/7/1 MISSING AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 95 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N3494M PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BIG BEAR CITY,CA OCEANO,CA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACFT DMG & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3494M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3494MRegistration cancelled Apr 16, 2013 · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.