- Date
- March 8, 1980
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8038YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800308005509A
- Case key
- 131597
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1658 80/3/8 SANTA ANA,CA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 540 TIME - 1505 N8038Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 365 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHN WAYNE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ANA,CA SAN JOSE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8038Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- John Wayne
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.