Plane Crash List

Piper PA-28-181 N3070G

26 June 1984 · Weaverville, California, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 26 June 1984 at about 18:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N3070G, operated by Navajo Aviation, was involved in an accident near Weaverville, California, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 18:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Weaverville, California, United States
Nearest airport
Lonnie Pool Field (054)
Coordinates
40.7405, -122.9299
Aircraft
Piper PA-28-181
Registration
N3070G
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Navajo Aviation
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Trinity Center → Redding
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX84FA367

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 2 1 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

WHEN THE PLT FILED A VFR FLT PLAN, HE STATED THAT HE WAS AWARE THAT THE ARPT AT WEAVERVILLE, CA, WAS A ONE WAY STRIP & THAT HE HAD A GUIDE BOOK WHICH SHOWED THIS INFO. PUBLISHED PROCEDURES CALLED FOR ACFT TO 'LAND ON RWY 36, TAKE-OFF RWY 18.' A CAUTION NOTE STATED, 'DUE HIGH TERRAIN SURROUNDING FIELD AND STEEP RWY GRADIENT (3.5%), IF GO-AROUND NECESSARY, START EARLY WHILE STILL HIGH. TREES AT N END ARE 175' HIGHER THAN RWY 36 THRESHOLD! NO GO-AROUND AFTER TOUCH DOWN. NO TOUCH-AND-GO.' DURING ARRIVAL, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO DESCEND TO ABOUT 15 TO 20 FT AGL WITH APRX 2500 FT OF RWY REMAINING WHEN THE PLT INITIATED A GO-AROUND.SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES NORTH OF THE ARPT, CRASHED & BURNED. THE PLT SAID THAT ON FINAL APCH, HE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENT AIR & BELIEVED HE WAS HIGH ENOUGH TO GO AROUND; HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO OUT CLIMB THE RISING TERRAIN. THE DENSITY ALT WAS APRX 4450 FT. WITNESSES REPORTED THE WIND WAS FROM 180 DEG AT 4 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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