- Date
- July 21, 1976
- Place
- Stockton, CA · STOCKTON, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2BLPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760721019879A
- Case key
- 154443
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1703 76/7/21 NR.STOCKTON,CA PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 933 TIME - 1400 N2BL PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 151 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUIS FARMS STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOCKTON,CA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- R WG CAUGHT TALL CORN NEXT TO STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2BL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Luis Farms Strip
FAA reports on this event · 1
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