- Date
- November 12, 1979
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1555ZPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791112031349A
- Case key
- 133562
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2829 79/11/12 AVALON,CA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 128 TIME - 1130 N1555Z PX- 0 0 6 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CATALINA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP VAN NUYS,CA VAN NUYS,CA CALIFORNIA CITY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1555Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Catalina
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.