- Date
- January 13, 1979
- Place
- Fullerton, CA · FULLERTON, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N39720Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790113000759A
- Case key
- 137768
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0115 79/1/13 FULLERTON,CA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 240 TIME - 1320 N39720 PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FULLERTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FULLERTON,CA SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- N57MP-MINOR,CFRUO-MINOR,N735BC-DESTROYED,N114NM-SUBSTANTIAL,N66931-SUBSTANTIAL.100LBS OVER GW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39720
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fullerton
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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.