- Date
- December 3, 1977
- Place
- Springville, CA · SPRINGVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N33167Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771203036239A
- Case key
- 144299
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3496 77/12/3 NR.SPRINGVILLE,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 56 TOTAL TIME - 1100 N33167 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTERVILLE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33167
- 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.