- Date
- April 4, 1969
- Place
- Creston, CA · CRESTON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7452ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188457
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0990 69/4/4 CRESTON,CALIF PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0600 N7452Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 46, 1600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-MISTOOK FAR END OF RNWY FOR APCH END. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7452Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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