- Date
- January 9, 1977
- Place
- Chico, CA · CHICO, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5VMPiper PA23
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770109000449A
- Case key
- 152469
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0016 77/1/9 CHICO,CA PIPER PA23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N5VM PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 29, 2809 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 30 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHICO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5VM
- Reported as
- Piper PA23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chico
N5VMRegistration cancelled Jul 18, 2011 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.