- Date
- May 3, 1976
- Place
- Salida, CA · SALIDA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8932WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760503011179A
- Case key
- 153495
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0916 76/5/3 SALIDA,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 196 TIME - 1300 N8932W PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 73 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLORY INDUSTRIES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALIDA,CA SAN CARLOS,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT CHAIN LINK FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8932W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Flory Industries
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8932W · 2
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