- Date
- February 25, 1979
- Place
- San Martin, CA · SAN MARTIN, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2483TPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790225003579A
- Case key
- 137723
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0148 79/2/25 SAN MARTIN,CA PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N2483T PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 1085 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 46 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA SAN MARTIN,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- HIT PARKED AIRCRAFT,N24186,BEECH A-36,SUB DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2483T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- South County
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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.