- Date
- October 19, 1977
- Place
- Calistoga, CA · CALISTOGA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2RNPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771019035929A
- Case key
- 144651
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3560 77/10/19 CALISTOGA,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, UNK/NR TIME - 2220 N2RN PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALISTOGA,CA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH HILL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2RN
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Calistoga
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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.