- Date
- March 1, 1976
- Place
- S.Lake Tahoe, CA · S.LAKE TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3173RPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760301006409A
- Case key
- 152930
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0765 76/3/1 S.LAKE TAHOE,CA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 1550 TIME - 1500 N3173R PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1420 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH LAKE TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION S.LAKE TAHOE,CA BAKERSFIELD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LND IN SNOW COVERED FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3173R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- South Lake Tahoe
N3173RRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.