- Date
- May 9, 1980
- Place
- Imperial, CA · IMPERIAL, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N44725Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800509014209A
- Case key
- 131161
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0604 80/5/9 IMPERIAL,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 340 TIME - 1822 N44725 PX- 1 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IMPERIAL CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ANA,CA IMPERIAL,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 73 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 19 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- 70DEG L CROSSWND GUSTING 26KTS.MAX DEMONSTRATED CROSSWND FOR ACFT-15KTS.104LBS OVR MAX GROSS WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44725
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Imperial Co
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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.