- Date
- August 30, 1979
- Place
- Rio Linda, CA · RIO LINDA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5559WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790830026209A
- Case key
- 134668
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2063 79/8/30 RIO LINDA,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1750 N5559W PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 41, 1851 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIO LINDA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIO LINDA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FOREIGN MATERIAL (TYPICAL MUD DAUBER DEPOSIT) FOUND IN FUEL LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5559W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rio Linda
N5559WRegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine 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.