- Date
- July 8, 1977
- Place
- Turlock, CA · TURLOCK, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43540Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770708018729A
- Case key
- 146567
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1422 77/7/8 NR.TURLOCK,CA PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1033 TIME - 1600 N43540 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 638 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULARE,CA TURLOCK,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- HIT DIRT MOUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43540
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N43540Registration cancelled Oct 9, 2014 · Piper PA-34-200Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine 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.