- Date
- June 6, 1978
- Place
- Davis, CA · DAVIS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N57808Piper PA-36
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780606011549A
- Case key
- 141650
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0859 78/6/6 DAVIS,CA PIPER PA-36 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 17370 TIME - 0515 N57808 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEDLOCK DUSTERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAVIS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INADVERTENTLY ACTUATED MIX CTL INSTEAD OF PROP CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57808
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Medlock Dusters
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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.