- Date
- August 20, 1977
- Place
- Los Banos, CA · LOS BANOS, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8474FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770820035739A
- Case key
- 145426
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3441 77/8/20 NR.LOS BANOS,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 144 TIME - 2215 N8474F PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CA SAN CARLOS,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LEFT WING AND STABILATORS SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8474F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.