- Date
- March 12, 1968
- Place
- Mariposa, CA · MARIPOSA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1388PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118610
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0602 68/3/12 MARIPOSA,CALIF PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1322 TIME - 1700 N1388P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 192 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARIPOSA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 55 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND SHIFTED TO DIRECT TAILWIND,20-25K WITH GUSTS TO 30K. GO AROUND IMPRACTICAL,RISING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1388P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mariposa