- Date
- April 7, 1979
- Place
- Vacaville, CA · VACAVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6574YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790407008099A
- Case key
- 137027
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0689 79/4/7 VACAVILLE,CA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 417 TIME - 1100 N6574Y PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NUT TREE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MODESTO,CA VACAVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT SHOULDERS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6574Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Nut Tree
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.