- Date
- July 8, 1965
- Place
- Winterhaven, CA · WINTERHAVEN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N93082Phoenix P-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177358
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1061 65/7/8 WINTERHAVEN CALIF PHOENIX P-1 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 61, 25100 TIME - 0551 N93082 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DESERT FLOWER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: LONGERON MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- PILOT WAS FLYING FOR MOVIE-COMPANY PHOTOGRAPHERS.LOW PASS WITHOUT TOUCHDOWN WAS INTENDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93082
- Reported as
- Phoenix P-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Desert Flower
N93082Registration cancelled Aug 23, 1965 · Tallmantz PHOENIX P-1Airframe modelTallmantz PHOENIX P-1
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.