- Date
- February 20, 1964
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3344BPiper PA22
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185202
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0410 64/2/20 SANTA ANA CALIF PIPER PA22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 634 TIME - 0900 N3344B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 117 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 44 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3344B
- Reported as
- Piper PA22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3344BRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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