- Date
- September 16, 1979
- Place
- Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3953XPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790916022399A
- Case key
- 133891
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1798 79/9/16 SACRAMENTO,CA PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1225 TIME - 1850 N3953X PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SACRAMENTO EXEC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CA SACRAMENTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PORPOISED AFTER INITIAL TOUCH DWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3953X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sacramento Exec
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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.