- Date
- August 3, 1980
- Place
- Mine Canyon, CA · MINE CANYON, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N41525Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800803037409A
- Case key
- 129247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2775 80/8/3 MINE CANYON,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 50 TOTAL TIME - 1940 N41525 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOMPOC,CA SANTA BARBARA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- AFTER ENCTRG ROUGH ENG,PLT NOTED FIRE NR HIS FEET.FIRE CONTINUED AFTER FORCED LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41525
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.