- Date
- December 19, 1977
- Place
- Truckee, CA · TRUCKEE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2206PPiper PA23
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771219038539A
- Case key
- 143823
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3855 77/12/19 TRUCKEE,CA PIPER PA23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0720 N2206P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS AGE 56, 1368 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 356 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUCKEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRUCKEE,CA PROVO,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2206P
- Reported as
- Piper PA23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Truckee
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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.