- Date
- September 19, 1982, 18:00 local (Sep 20, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Visalia, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5889VPiper PA-28181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820919050079A
- Case key
- 72932
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft crashed short of the runway during final approach. The pilot reported a loss of power which could not be duplicated by FAA maintenance. No engine malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5889V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7790507
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kipfer,Gary A.
- Registered owner
- Bergman, John C.
- Departed
- VIS · Visalia, CA
- Destination
- VIS · Visalia, CA
- Airport
- VIS · Visalia Municipal, runway 30, 6,556 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 100 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5889V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.