- Date
- February 2, 1981
- Place
- Hemet, CA · HEMET, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4220PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810202002499A
- Case key
- 127183
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0138 81/2/2 HEMET,CA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N4220P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 32, 1675 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 10 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEMET-RYAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HEMET,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SE LDG WITH ENG FEATHERED.GO-AROUND DUE UNSAFE GR INDICATION,UN MAINTAIN ALT,GR & FLAPS DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4220P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hemet-Ryan
N4220PRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2012 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.