- Date
- April 29, 1980
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA · SANTA PAULA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8991PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800429039119A
- Case key
- 131046
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1644 80/4/29 SANTA PAULA,CA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 3200 TIME - 1245 N8991P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2890 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA PAULA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA PAULA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- TWY UNDERMINED BY WTR EROSION,COLLAPSED AS ACFT TXD OVR.ACFT FELL IN 5FT HOLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8991P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Paula
N8991PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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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.