until 1974Melridge Aviation CoVancouver, WA · different airframe: 1974 Piper Pa-28-151 S/N 28-7415517
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Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026
NTSB events (2)
Accident · substantial damage
May 27, 1986 · Chino, CA
THE PRIVATE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT, OVERFLEW HIS HOME AIRPORT BY 23 NAUTICAL MILES UPON RETURNING FROM A NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AND DESCENDED INTO A HILL. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED IN THE AREA DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY. THE PLT HAD FLOWN 10 HRS DURING THE LAST 24 HRS.
WHILE ON FINAL APCH TO RWY 30 AT PORTERVILLE ARPT, AND AS THE ACFT FLARED FOR LANDING, THE LEFT WHEEL AND LEFT WING TOUCHED THE RWY, AND THE ACFT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR, STALLED, AND CRASHED JUST LEFT OF THE RWY. THE PLT STATED, 'A GUST OF WIND PITCHED THE NOSE UP, I APPLIED FULL POWER BUT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE NOSE STAYED HIGH AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED A LEFT WING LOW ROLL. THE…
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