- Date
- March 24, 1979
- Place
- Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7931CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790324008059A
- Case key
- 137531
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0589 79/3/24 SACRAMENTO,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 125 TIME - 1102 N7931C PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SACRAMENTO METRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PETALUMA,CA SACRAMENTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- VECTORED TO DOWNWIND,NO.2 TO FOLLOW B-727 ON FINAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7931C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sacramento Metro
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7931C · 1
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