- Date
- April 26, 1988, 19:00 local (Apr 27, 1988, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chico, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6601PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880426014579A
- Case key
- 25995
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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,normal brake system - separationCause
Maintenance,inspection - inadequateFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6601P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 241723
- Airframe hours
- 3,576
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-AID, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cole, Ralph H.
- Registered owner
- Todd, Daniel E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 17, 1988
- Departed
- 023 · Chico, CA
- Destination
- 023
- Airport
- 023 · Ranchaero, runway 15, 2,280 × 30 ft, asphalt
N6601PRegistration cancelled Oct 9, 2012 · Piper PA-24-180Airframe modelPiper PA-24-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 250 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.