- Date
- May 4, 1979
- Place
- Kernville, CA · KERNVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2160EPiper PA-44
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790504009349A
- Case key
- 135545
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3758 79/5/4 KERNVILLE,CA PIPER PA-44 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1625 N2160E PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG 35, 5422 TOTAL HOURS, 150 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KERN VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURBANK,CA KERNVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED IN CONSTRUCTION AREA COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LOW APCH TO RWY COVERED WITH WATER.UN GO-AROUND DUE TERRAIN.LNDD ON RWY UNDER CONST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2160E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-44
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kern Valley
N2160ERegistration cancelled Mar 24, 2017 · Piper PA-44-180Airframe modelPiper PA-44-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2160E · 1
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