- Date
- December 10, 1979
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8432CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791210036229A
- Case key
- 132087
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3749 79/12/10 NR.AVALON,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 171 TIME - 1150 N8432C PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CATALINA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AVALON,CA LONG BEACH,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LEFT TOP ENG COWL OPENED ON TAKEOFF,PLT ABORTED,RAN OF END.LEFT COWL FASTNERS FOUND UNLATCHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8432C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Catalina
N8432CRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.