- Date
- May 27, 1966
- Place
- Mammoth Lakes, CA · MAMMOTH LAKES, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1438PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171262
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1422 66/5/27 MAMMOTH LAKES CAL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1900 TIME - 1600 N1438P PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 590 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1438P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Long Valley
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