- Date
- August 19, 1977
- Place
- Modesto, CA · MODESTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7670LPiper PA-31P
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770819038719A
- Case key
- 145530
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3659 77/8/19 MODESTO,CA PIPER PA-31P CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1153 N7670L PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG 38, 6912 TOTAL HOURS, 31 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MODESTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FRANCISCO,CA MODESTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7670L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Modesto
N7670LRegistration cancelled Sep 30, 2013 · Piper PA-31PAirframe modelPiper PA-31PEngine modelLycoming TIGO-541SER
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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