- Date
- November 29, 1977
- Place
- San Martin, CA · SAN MARTIN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7638FPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771129039739A
- Case key
- 144730
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3852 77/11/29 SAN MARTIN,CA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 37, 84 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N7638F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN CARLOS,CA SAN MARTIN,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ARPT UNATTENDED. ACFT STRUCK CULVERT IN GRASS AREA ALONGSIDE RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7638F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- South County
N7638FRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7638F · 1
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