- Date
- September 29, 1979
- Place
- Redding, CA · REDDING, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5160YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790929030179A
- Case key
- 133455
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2638 79/9/29 REDDING,CA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1500 TIME - 1145 N5160Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 539 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ENTERPRISE SKY PK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REDDING,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- THROTTLE LINKAGE SEPARATED DRG GO-ARND.PLT STATED-INSUFFICIENT PWR TO CLEAR PWR LINE W ONE ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5160Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Enterprise Sky Pk
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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.