- Date
- March 11, 1966
- Place
- Mammoth Lakes, CA · MAMMOTH LAKES, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7730PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173214
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0637 66/3/11 MAMMOTH LAKES CAL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 785 TIME - 1840 N7730P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 290 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION ON UNLIGHTED AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7730P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Long Valley
N7730PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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