- Date
- February 21, 1973
- Place
- Santa Cruz, CA · SANTA CRUZ, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2841TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730221003639A
- Case key
- 169877
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0428 73/2/21 SANTA CRUZ,CALIF PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 56 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N2841T PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA CRUZ SKY PK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTERVILLE,CALIF SANTA CRUZ,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- OBSTACLES OF MOUNTAINS AND CLIFF AT APCH TO SHORT FIELD LNDG BOTHERED LOWTIME PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2841T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Cruz Sky Pk
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.