- Date
- May 29, 1965
- Place
- Corona Dl Mar, CA · CORONA DL MAR, CA
- Injuries
- 9 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9107RBeechcraft C-18S
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178262
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0859 65/5/29 CORONA DL MAR CAL BEECHCRAFT C-18S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 835 TIME - 0700 N9107R PX- 8 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-INSTRUMENT FAILURE FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 57 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR (VFR CONDITIONS ON TOP) FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT DISCUSSED WEATHER WITH FLT INST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9107R
- Reported as
- Beechcraft C-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Orange County
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