- Date
- March 14, 1977
- Place
- Corralitos, CA · CORRALITOS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N32606Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770314043399A
- Case key
- 157864
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1507 77/3/14 NR.CORRALITOS,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 48 TOTAL TIME - 1915 N32606 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA CRUZ,CA TULARE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- TRANSPORTING MARIJUANA STICKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32606
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N32606Registration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.