- Date
- March 29, 1981
- Place
- Rancho, CA · RANCHO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2835DPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810329016399A
- Case key
- 126966
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0631 81/3/29 RANCHO CALIF,CA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 181 TIME - 1500 N2835D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 77 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RANCHO CALIFORNIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARLSBAD,CA RANCHO CALIF,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2835D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rancho California
N2835DRegistration cancelled Apr 13, 2006 · Piper PA-28RT-201Airframe modelPiper PA-28RT-201Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.