- Date
- June 14, 1981
- Place
- Visalia, CA · VISALIA, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7438YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810614032319A
- Case key
- 125723
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1559 81/6/14 VISALIA,CA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 3754 TIME - 1230 N7438Y PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2949 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VISALIA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN CARLOS,CA VISALIA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES REMARKS- PLT STATED GEN SWS WERE ON,UN LWR GEAR,NO HNDL EXTN.LATER SAID HNDL WAS EXTDD.NO GEN/GEAR MALF FND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7438Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Visalia Muni
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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.