- Date
- April 26, 1980
- Place
- Newhall, CA · NEWHALL, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N43987Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800426010669A
- Case key
- 136393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1833 80/4/26 NR.NEWHALL,CA PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 500 TIME - 1954 N43987 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ANN ARBOR,MI VAN NUYS,CA GRAND CANYON,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DRG NGT ILS,DSNDD BLO MIN ALT,REVERSED COURSE,BCM VMC BLO CLDS IN MTNS,ADVISED MAINT VFR TO APRT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43987
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- 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.