- Date
- August 29, 1977
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA · PALO ALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N41564Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770829028359A
- Case key
- 146026
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3054 77/8/29 PALO ALTO,CA PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0720 N41564 PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 30, 1359 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 91 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALO ALTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA PALO ALTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- STUDENT ATTEMPTED SE GO-AROUND DRG FLARE BLO VMC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41564
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palo Alto
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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.