- Date
- November 26, 1978
- Place
- Blue Canyon, CA · BLUE CANYON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2673APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781126036129A
- Case key
- 143933
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3266 78/11/26 BLUE CANYON,CA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 849 TIME - 1120 N2673A PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 434 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUE CANYON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALTA SIERRA,CA BLUE CANYON,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- RWY WAS COVERED BY EIGHT INCHES OF CRUSTED SNOW,NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2673A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blue Canyon
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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.