- Date
- July 16, 1979
- Place
- Sierraville, CA · SIERRAVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2404PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790716029519A
- Case key
- 133678
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2836 79/7/16 NR.SIERRAVILLE,CA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 66, 2500 TIME - 1000 N2404P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BECKWOURTH,CA SIERRAVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- COLLIDED W PWR LINES & POLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2404P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Strip
N2404PRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2404P · 1
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