- Date
- April 17, 1978
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA · SANTA ROSA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2203QPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780417009579A
- Case key
- 142210
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0729 78/4/17 NR.SANTA ROSA,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1230 N2203Q PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 54, 10027 TOTAL HOURS, 9 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ROSA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLIGHT PHASE UNKNOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2203Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.