- Date
- December 9, 1978
- Place
- Honey Lake, CA · HONEY LAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9427DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781209036229A
- Case key
- 139102
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3430 78/12/9 HONEY LAKE,CA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 186 TIME - 1300 N9427D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SUSANVILLE,CA BRVBECK SPRINGS,CA HONEY LAKE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- TKOF FROM DESERT ROAD.ROAD TURNED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9427D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Desert Road
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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.