- Date
- June 14, 1965
- Place
- Independence, CA · INDEPENDENCE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6562WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177388
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1437 65/6/14 INDEPENDENCE CALI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 106 TIME - 1500 N6562W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6562W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6562WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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