- Date
- September 8, 1977
- Place
- Susanville, CA · SUSANVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8612YPiper PA30
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770908025899A
- Case key
- 145556
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1942 77/9/8 SUSANVILLE,CA PIPER PA30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1001 TIME - 1800 N8612Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 95 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUSANVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARSON CITY,NV KLAMATH FALLS,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ACFT RAN OFF END OF RWY AND DOWN A 30FT GULLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8612Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Susanville
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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.