OAK68D0073

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-24 · Ukiah, CA · June 15, 1967

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
June 15, 1967
Place
Ukiah, CA · UKIAH, CA
Injuries
1 fatal, 3 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N9062PPiper PA-24
Status
Completed · report September 25, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
116859

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0422  67/6/15    UKIAH, CALIF        PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 41, 8000
        TIME - 1730                    N9062P              PX-  1  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LEASK RANCH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
        REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK BRUSH AT END OF RNWY. GO AROUND MADE INTO RAPIDLY RISING TERRAIN.

Aircraft

Registration
N9062P
Reported as
Piper PA-24
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Leask Ranch

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