- Date
- December 31, 1964
- Place
- Wrightwood, CA · WRIGHTWOOD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5506VBeechcraft T34A
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180757
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0986 64/12/31 NR.WRIGHTWOOD CALIF BEECHCRAFT T34A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 118 TIME - 1420 N5506V PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED *ERROR-INVALID CODE* OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- A/C DAMAGE & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED-ENROUTE FROM EDWARDS AFB, CALIF. TO SAN DIEGO, CALIF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5506V
- Reported as
- Beechcraft T34A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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