- Date
- March 12, 1969
- Place
- Napa, CA · NAPA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5265LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191363
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0165 69/3/12 NAPA,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 189 TIME - 0859 N5265L PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- NOT INST RATED.STRUCK SIDE OF MT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5265L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed