- Date
- March 10, 1972
- Place
- Nut Tree, CA · NUT TREE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5951UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166414
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1447 72/3/10 NUT TREE,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 43 TOTAL TIME - 1440 N5951U PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NUT TREE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOCKTON,CALIF NUT TREE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- AFTR APPLYING HEAVY BRAKING,PLT LOST CONTROL AND RAN OFF SIDE OF RWY INTO A DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5951U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nut Tree
N5951URegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.