- Date
- February 21, 1980
- Place
- Oxnard, CA · OXNARD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4685ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800221003619A
- Case key
- 134921
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3101 80/2/21 OXNARD,CA PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 12 TOTAL TIME - 1605 N4685Z PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAMARILLO,CA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- WITNESS OBSD ACFT HIT WTR DRG WING-OVR MNVRS OFF SHORE AT LOW ALT.PLT'S INJURY PRESUMED FATAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4685Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4685ZRegistration cancelled Aug 22, 2012 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 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.