- Date
- January 17, 1975
- Place
- Eureka, CA · EUREKA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6973WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750117000969A
- Case key
- 201474
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0087 75/1/17 EUREKA,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 50 TOTAL TIME - 1340 N6973W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MURRAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRESCENT CITY,CA EUREKA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- STEEP TURN FROM CLOSE IN DOWNWIND LEG.PLT HAD 1 HR DUAL IN TYPE ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6973W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Murray
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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.