- Date
- February 19, 1979
- Place
- Travis Afb, CA · TRAVIS AFB, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15838Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136310
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3491 79/2/19 TRAVIS AFB,CA PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - UNK/NR N15838 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 28, 2500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 20 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- WRINKLED WINGS FOUND AFTER THIS FLT.DATE OF DMG UNKNOWN,FLT PHASE UNKNOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15838
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N15838Registration cancelled Sep 5, 2014 · Piper PA-34-200Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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