- Date
- March 11, 1977
- Place
- Mariposa, CA · MARIPOSA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1592APiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770311004819A
- Case key
- 157429
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0222 77/3/11 MARIPOSA,CA. PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 1403 TIME - 1515 N1592A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARIPOSA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT LEFT GEAR ROLLED INTO HOLE ADJ TO RT SIDE OF RWY AND LEFT SIDE OF TAXIWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1592A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mariposa
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1592A · 1
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