- Date
- July 20, 1980
- Place
- Lower Lake, CA · LOWER LAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N31580Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800720027119A
- Case key
- 129290
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3366 80/7/20 LOWER LAKE,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N31580 PX- 0 1 0 TRAINING AGE 25, 1361 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 76 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEARCE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LAKEPORT,CA SACRAMENTO,CA LOWER LAKE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 95 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 3 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DA APRX 4000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31580
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pearce Field
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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.