# NTSB OAK71FVG63: Piper PA-24, N9028P, Yuba City, CA, April 12, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 12, 1971
- Place: Yuba City, CA · YUBA CITY, CA
- Location: 39.1298° N, 121.6415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yuba City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1298&lon=-121.6415&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 22, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161016
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK71FVG63
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK71FVG63

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1267  71/4/12    YUBA CITY,CALIF     PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1840                    N9028P              PX-  0  0  0  CHECK                     AGE 54, 8802 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            453 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SUTTER CO
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          YUBA CITY,CALIF             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY
        REMARKS- RETRACTED GR AFT HARD LDG,UN EXTEND NOSE GR.LNDD WHEELS UP,SLID OUT OF FOAM ON FOAMED RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9028P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9028P), registered now, S/N 24-4490, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (registry code 7102406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sutter Co

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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