- Date
- June 2, 1966
- Place
- Red Bluff, CA · RED BLUFF, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7440YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171555
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0473 66/6/2 NR.RED BLUFF CALIF PIPER PA-30 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1510 N7440Y PX- 1 0 0 DUAL AGE 23, 527 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIDWELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- WITNESSES SAW N7440Y APPROACH A STALL WITH NO.2 PROP FEATHERED,ENTER A FLAT SPIN,AND CRASH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7440Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bidwell
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