- Date
- January 29, 1968
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6292PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111562
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4280 68/1/29 NR.SAN JOSE,CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 19, 235 TIME - 1224 N6292P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY AIRCRAFT ON RADAR PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: ISSUED IMPROPER OR CONFLICTING INSTRUCTIONS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-2/3/68.ACFT INSTRUCTED TO DESCEND TO AN ALT BELOW OBSTRUCTING TERRAIN.HIT SIDE OF MT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6292P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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