- Date
- December 13, 1977
- Place
- Jackson, CA · JACKSON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N517FLPiper PA28
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771213039839A
- Case key
- 143822
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3854 77/12/13 JACKSON,CA PIPER PA28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 46, 249 TIME - 0015 N517FL PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTOVER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SACRAMENTO,CA RENO,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - RECIEVED RECORDED BRIEFING BY LFMF RADIO EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG CALM TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- NITE VFR ON-TOP.FOG OVER ARPT,LNDD IN FOG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N517FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Westover Field
N517FLRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2012 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.