- Date
- February 14, 1965
- Place
- Kipley, CA · KIPLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N57015Ryan ST-3KR
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180506
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0059 65/2/14 KIPLEY CALIF RYAN ST-3KR CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 263 TIME - 1134 N57015 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT SPUN FROM 1500 FT.PARTIALLY RECOVERED BEFORE STRIKING GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57015
- Reported as
- Ryan ST-3KR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N57015Registered now · Ryan Aeronautical ST3KRAirframe modelRyan Aeronautical ST3KREngine modelKinner R5 series
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Other investigations on N57015 · 2
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