- Date
- August 24, 1978
- Place
- Lake Tahoe, CA · LAKE TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N36185Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780824023909A
- Case key
- 139972
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2208 78/8/24 LAKE TAHOE,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1330 N36185 PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 33, 3181 TOTAL HOURS, 36 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH LAKE TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OXNARD,CA TRUCKEE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36185
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- South Lake Tahoe
N36185Registered now · Piper PA-32RT-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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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.