- Date
- March 23, 1970
- Place
- Cottonwood, CA · COTTONWOOD, CA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8720VPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138779
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0044 70/3/23 COTTONWOOD,CALIF PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1545 N8720V PX- 5 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 42, 6273 TOTAL HOURS, 28 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIVER LAKE RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COTTONWOOD,CALIF SAN JOSE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- OVER GROSS WT 504 LBS.CG 1.20 INS AFT OF CG LIMIT.EXCEEDED ACFT PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8720V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- River Lake Ranch
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