- Date
- October 19, 1981
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N40431Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811019068219A
- Case key
- 123844
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2406 81/10/19 NR.AVALON,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 86 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N40431 PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA CATALINA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AVALON,CA SANTA ANA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40431
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Catalina
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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