- Date
- October 23, 1978
- Place
- Galt, CA · GALT, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8472FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781023035839A
- Case key
- 139012
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3132 78/10/23 GALT,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 1200 TIME - 1423 N8472F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTERVILLE,CA SACRAMENTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PLT ENDURED UNTREATED HYPERTENSION,SUFFERED FROM CONSTANT HEADACHES,AND DEVELOPED PTOSIS OF L EYE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8472F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8472FRegistration cancelled Mar 5, 2003 · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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