- Date
- August 21, 1966
- Place
- Independence, CA · INDEPENDENCE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7726YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122479
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0743 66/8/21 NR.INDEPENDENCE CAL PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0525 N7726Y PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 45, 3653 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 396 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- UPSLOPE OF CANYON WALLS APPROXIMATELY 47-DEGS. AT IMPACT POINT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7726Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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