- Date
- July 10, 1965
- Place
- Adelanto, CA · ADELANTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9643ZBenson B7
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201537
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0493 65/7/10 NR.ADELANTO CALIF BENSON B7 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 500 TIME - 0835 N9643Z PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MIRAGE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- TERRAIN WAS SNOW WHITE LEVEL HARD SAND MAKING JUDGMENT OF HEIGHT DIFFICULT-AIRCRAFT HAD NO ALTIMTR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9643Z
- Reported as
- Benson B7
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Mirage
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