- Date
- June 1, 1981
- Place
- Sonoma, CA · SONOMA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4347FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810601032039A
- Case key
- 126336
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0888 81/6/1 SONOMA,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 71, 47 TOTAL TIME - 1115 N4347F PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA SKY PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SONOMA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- HIT A CEMENT FUELING ISLAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4347F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sonoma Sky Park
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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.