Piper PA-28 N12742

16 March 1980 · Bermuda Dunes, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 16 March 1980 at about 10:30 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N12742 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Bermuda Dunes, 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: 16 March 1980 at 10:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Bermuda Dunes, California, United States
Nearest airport: Bermuda Dunes
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28
Registration: N12742
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → San Diego, Ca
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0288

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

FUEL SELECTOR FOUND ON L TANK.L FUEL TANK EMPTY.

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 3-0288, 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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