- Date
- August 20, 1964
- Place
- Delhi, CA · DELHI, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6678PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181835
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2552 64/8/20 DELHI CALIF PIPER PA24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 3300 TIME - 1700 N6678P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BETTENCOURT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6678P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bettencourt
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Other investigations on N6678P · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN20FA023Accident · 3 fatalClass 3 · FieldFinal reportSan Antonio, TXThe loss of engine power for reason that could not be determined. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering to landing which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin with insufficient altitude to recover.NTSB LAX78FUG14Accident · No injuriesClosedOntario, CANTSB LAX66F0203Accident · No injuriesClosedReno, NVNTSB SEA66F0003Accident · No injuriesClosedSeatte, WA