- Date
- September 24, 1967
- Place
- El Granada, CA · EL GRANADA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3657WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114498
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0768 67/9/24 EL GRANADA,CALIF PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1345 N3657W PX- 0 1 1 BUSINESS AGE 38, 1750 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 156 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3657W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3657WRegistration cancelled May 23, 2020 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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