- Date
- April 19, 1980
- Place
- Tulare, CA · TULARE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9714TPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800419010919A
- Case key
- 131674
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0376 80/4/19 TULARE,CA PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N9714T PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE UNK/NR, 2700 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MENEZES AG STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULARE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- ACFT DRIFTED INTO DIRT BANK NR EDGE OF RWY DRG TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9714T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Menezes Ag Strip
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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.