- Date
- December 1, 1979
- Place
- El Monte, CA · EL MONTE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17579Piper J-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791201035369A
- Case key
- 132782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3878 79/12/1 EL MONTE,CA PIPER J-2 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 821 TIME - 1500 N17579 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 434 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MONTE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL MONTE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING COPILOT - FAILURE TO RELINQUISH CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17579
- Reported as
- Piper J-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Monte
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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.