Piper PA-38 N2323L

22 June 1979 · Santa Rosa, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 June 1979 at about 12:40 local time, a Piper PA-38 registered N2323L was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Santa Rosa, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 June 1979 at 12:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Santa Rosa, California, United States
Nearest airport: Sonoma Co
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-38
Registration: N2323L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Solo
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Redbluff, Ca → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1054

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

TWO OTHER ACFT SERVICED BY SAME STORAGE TANKS EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS DUE TO WATER IN FUEL.

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 3-1054, 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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