- Date
- November 10, 1982, 13:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Alturas, CA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4079JPiper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821110057949A
- Case key
- 69755
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Overrun
Distance - misjudgedCause
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wetFactor
Aircraft performance,hydroplaning condition - waterFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Analysis
The aircraft was landed long on a wet runway, and after overrunning the departure end, it collided with a fence and a dirt bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4079J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-8152075
- Airframe hours
- 358
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl J. Jesperson
- Registered owner
- Carl J. Jesperson
- Departed
- Reno, NV
- Destination
- 048 · Little River, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Alturas Municipal, runway 3, 3,460 × 60 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
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,435 total · 202 in this make and model · 1,179 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 95 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.