- Date
- August 12, 1967
- Place
- Valley Spgs, CA · VALLEY SPGS, CA
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8701PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115926
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0805 67/8/12 VALLEY SPGS,CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 4520 TIME - 1440 N8701P PX- 0 2 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RANCHO CALAVERAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 110 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- 1840 FT STRIP.TEMP 110 DEG,WINDS CALM.DENS ALT APPROX 4000 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8701P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rancho Calaveras
N8701PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.