- Date
- April 6, 1965
- Place
- Vacaville, CA · VACAVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7761WPiper PA28
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179257
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0222 65/4/6 VACAVILLE CALIF PIPER PA28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 485 TIME - 1530 N7761W PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NUT TREE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND REMARKS- PILOT MISREAD WIND T
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7761W
- Reported as
- Piper PA28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nut Tree
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Other investigations on N7761W · 1
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