- Date
- September 26, 1964
- Place
- Columbia, CA · COLUMBIA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4557MPiper PA11
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181310
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3044 64/9/26 COLUMBIA CALIF PIPER PA11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 33, TIME - 1700 N4557M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4557M
- Reported as
- Piper PA11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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