- Date
- September 7, 1981
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N81342Piper PA-44
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810907056079A
- Case key
- 123246
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2343 81/9/7 SAN JOSE,CA PIPER PA-44 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 210 TIME - 0010 N81342 PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REID-HILLVIEW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= REMARKS- NON-MULTI-ENG PLT.UN RESTART R ENG AFT INTENTIONAL SHTDN.AFT GO-ARND,TURNED TWD ARPT,UN MAINT ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81342
- Reported as
- Piper PA-44
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Reid-Hillview
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.