- Date
- December 14, 1977
- Place
- Lake Tahoe, CA · LAKE TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N66895Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771214042849A
- Case key
- 143844
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4052 77/12/14 LAKE TAHOE,CA PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1918 N66895 PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 27, 2980 TOTAL HOURS, 340 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE TAHOE,CA SACRAMENTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66895
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Tahoe
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.