Piper PA-28 N3905T

10 April 1968 · Fair Oaks, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 10 April 1968 at about 08:40 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N3905T, operated by Engle Flying S, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Fair Oaks, California, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 April 1968 at 08:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Fair Oaks, California, United States
Nearest airport: Phoenix
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28
Registration: N3905T
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Engle Flying S
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0653

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER LIFTOFF. FLEW INTO TREES. ACFT NEAR GROSS WT. NO FLAP T/O.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0653, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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