- Date
- July 4, 1980
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N121WYPiper PA32RT
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800704024199A
- Case key
- 129388
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3577 80/7/4 SANTA ANA,CA PIPER PA32RT CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1823 TIME - 0940 N121WY PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 174 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHN WAYNE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ANA,CA GRAND CANYON,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SCORED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- #3 & #4 CYL HEADS & PISTONS POCKMARKED & SCORED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N121WY
- Reported as
- Piper PA32RT
- 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.