- Date
- June 29, 1977
- Place
- Oroville, CA · OROVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6441PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770629019829A
- Case key
- 146779
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2973 77/6/29 NR.OROVILLE,CA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 6700 TIME - 1600 N6441P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKILLAN RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICO,CA OROVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- HIT SOFT SPOT WITH LEFT WHEEL SWERVED LEFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6441P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skillan Ranch
N6441PRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6441P · 1
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