Piper PA-34 N38598

8 May 1980 · Redlands, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 8 May 1980 at about 02:35 local time, a Piper PA-34 registered N38598, operated by Tri-State Avia, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Redlands, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 8 May 1980 at 02:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Redlands, California, United States
Nearest airport: Redlands Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-34
Registration: N38598
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Tri-State Avia
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-3792

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	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

NOT MULTI-ENG RATED.STOLEN ACFT.PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.038%.

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 3-3792, 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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