- Date
- September 4, 1970
- Place
- Wilton, CA · WILTON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3459ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129865
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3616 70/9/4 WILTON,CALIF PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1001 TIME - 1840 N3459Z PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 750 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLTS HOME STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CALIF WILTON,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - RECIEVED RECORDED BRIEFING BY LFMF RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 73 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- 40DEG R X-WIND GUSTING 30K. NARROW STRIP PLOWED GRND ON BOTH SIDES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3459Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Plts Home Strip
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Other investigations on N3459Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC85LA110Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDillingham, AKThe plt reported that by the time he had returned to the arpt, the wind velocity had increased to 18 KTS. During the landing, he lost directional control & the acft ground looped & was damaged.NTSB OAK68D0060Accident · No injuriesClosedGalt, CA