- Date
- August 30, 1967
- Place
- Vacaville, CA · VACAVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6072WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114225
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3268 67/8/30 VACAVILLE,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 148 TIME - 1920 N6072W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VACA VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- PKD ACFT N3105A-N617F,SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.N2968V,MINOR DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6072W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vaca Valley
N6072WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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