- Date
- June 9, 1974
- Place
- Mammoth Lk, CA · MAMMOTH LK, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7904PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740609018639A
- Case key
- 132574
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3782 74/6/9 MAMMOTH LK,CALIF PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 1028 TIME - 0910 N7904P PX- 3 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 406 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAMMOTH LK,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD IN L TURN WHICH STEEPENED UNTIL NOSE LOW IMPACT.PLT HAD RECENT SPINAL DISC REMOVAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7904P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.