Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary LAX85LA255

MORGAN HILL, CA, USA

Aircraft #1

N2456L

PIPER PA-38-112

Analysis

ON A PERSONAL FLT, THE PLT & PAX FLEW TO AN UNCHARTED, DIRT AIRSTRIP LOCATED IN A STATE PARK. THE PLT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ON APCH THE ACFT WAS HIGH AND FAST. AFTER INITIALLY TOUCHING DOWN, THE PLT STATED THAT HE TRIED TO GO-AROUND. A PARK RANGER REPORTED THAT AT ABOUT THE MIDFIELD LOCATION THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY, TRAVELED FOR 342 FT THROUGH A GRASSY FLD, BECAME AIRBORNE FOR 300 FT, AND COLLIDED WITH ADDITIONAL BUSHES COMING TO REST AT THE BOTTOM OF A 30 FT DEEP RAVINE.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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