# Accident 19760531013719A: Picard AX6, Quincy, CA, May 31, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1976
- Place: Quincy, CA
- Airport: Gansner
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.9439° N, 120.9454° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GANSNER FLD (2O1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9439&lon=-120.9454&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69US-2022-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piccard AX-6 (registry code 7001218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piccard-ax-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PICARD AX6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,302 total, 31 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DXQ48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DXQ48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760531013719A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNABLE TO CLIMB AFTER ENCOUNTERING DOWN DRAFT. EQUIPPED WITH 3 BUTANE BURNERS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK76DXQ48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DXQ48), May 31, 1976: Piccard AX-6W (N69US), Quincy, CA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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