- Date
- June 23, 1978
- Place
- Ruth, CA · RUTH, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7335PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780623015409A
- Case key
- 141412
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1750 78/6/23 RUTH,CA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 438 TIME - 1715 N7335P PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 212 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RUTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CA RUTH,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7335P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ruth
N7335PRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7335P · 2
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