- Date
- July 15, 1979
- Place
- Smartville, CA · SMARTVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7077YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790715018019A
- Case key
- 135305
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2016 79/7/15 SMARTVILLE,CA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 1049 TIME - 1250 N7077Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 626 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG OAK VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICO,CA SMARTVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7077Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Big Oak Valley
N7077YRegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7077Y · 1
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