- Date
- May 13, 1969
- Place
- Ripon, CA · RIPON, CA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N8672YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180182
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1727 69/5/13 RIPON,CALIF PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 336 TIME - 1840 N8672Y PX- 5 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 89 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- ACFT ENTERED FLAT SPIN FROM NORMAL SPIN AT APRX 500 FT AGL.OVERGROSS 187 LBS.EXCEEDED AFT CG LIMIT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8672Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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