- Date
- October 1, 1980
- Place
- Groveland, CA · GROVELAND, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9689CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801001048719A
- Case key
- 128541
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2776 80/10/1 GROVELAND,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 164 TIME - 1144 N9689C PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PINE MTN LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CA GROVELAND,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- SKID MARKS FND LEADING TO DROP-OFF BYD END OF RWY.HIT TREE ABV GND LVL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9689C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pine Mtn Lake
N9689CRegistration cancelled Sep 11, 2013 · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.