- Date
- November 24, 1976
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA · SANTA ROSA, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N75044Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761124035819A
- Case key
- 152520
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3225 76/11/24 NR.SANTA ROSA,CA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 150 TIME - 1814 N75044 PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTEE,CA PETALUMA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FORCED LDG IN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC FLD. HIT BASEBALL BACKSTOP AND CYCLONE FENCE. OVERFLEW AFLDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75044
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sonoma County
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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.