- Date
- September 29, 1979
- Place
- Redwood City, CA · REDWOOD CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3012Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133426
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2436 79/9/29 NR.REDWOOD CITY,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 283 TIME - 2245 N3012 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAPA,CA SAN JOSE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS REMARKS- ACFT CROSSED BELOW FLT PATH OF DC-10 AT(OR DESCENDING TO)4000FT APRX 30SEC AFTER IT PASSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3012
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage