- Date
- May 3, 1966
- Place
- Chico, CA · CHICO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7406WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178338
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0889 66/5/3 CHICO CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 20 TOTAL TIME - 1210 N7406W PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORAL GABLES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7406W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coral Gables
N7406WRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N7406W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.