- Date
- March 25, 1980
- Place
- Tehachapi, CA · TEHACHAPI, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7358PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800325008169A
- Case key
- 136411
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1375 80/3/25 TEHACHAPI,CA PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1000 TIME - 1745 N7358P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRAWLEY,CA VISALIA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - PARTIAL BRIEFING BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE/RADIO, LIMITED BY PILOT ACTION WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 315 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 18 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FSS ADZD VFR FLT NOT RCMDD NORTH OF PALMDALE.HIT MTN SLOPE 4500FT MSL.RECOVERY DATE 3/30/80.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7358P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7358PRegistration cancelled Oct 16, 2012 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7358P · 1
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