- Date
- April 21, 1969
- Place
- Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3743TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191051
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0775 69/4/21 SACRAMENTO,CALIF PIPER PA-28R CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 115 TIME - 1705 N3743T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JENSEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - COLLAPSED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- POWER LOSS DUE COLLAPSED AIR INTAKE ENG HOSE. EVIDENCE OF HEAVY BRAKING,POWER NOT CUT.STRUCK EQUIP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3743T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jensen
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