- Date
- April 2, 1978
- Place
- Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1876HPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780402005919A
- Case key
- 142634
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0519 78/4/2 PACIFIC OCEAN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 4000 TIME - 0200 N1876H PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKLAND,CA HONOLULU,HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- OVER WATER FERRY,PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AC,DURING RECOVERY WINGS OVERSTRESSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1876H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.