- Date
- May 1, 1981
- Place
- Sonora, CA · SONORA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2448BPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810501023079A
- Case key
- 125352
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3470 81/5/1 SONORA,CA PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 87 TOTAL TIME - 2130 N2448B PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKDALE,CA COLUMBIA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- DARK NIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2448B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Columbia
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.