Piper PA-28 N8432C
10 December 1979 · Avalon, California, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 10 December 1979 at about 11:50 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N8432C, operated by Williams AVN, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Avalon, California, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Avalon, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Catalina
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28
- Registration
- N8432C
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Williams AVN
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → Long Beach, Ca
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3749
People
4 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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
LEFT TOP ENG COWL OPENED ON TAKEOFF, PLT ABORTED, RAN OF END.LEFT COWL FASTNERS FOUND UNLATCHED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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