- Date
- July 19, 1965
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA · SANTA ROSA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3599HErcoupe 415C
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176745
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1102 65/7/19 SANTA ROSA CALIF ERCOUPE 415C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 45, 100 TIME - 0230 N3599H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CODDINGTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS FOG CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT TOOKOFF WITH CEILING 100-200 FT,VIS 1/4-1/2 MILE IN FOG,DRIZZLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3599H
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Coddington
N3599HRegistration cancelled Sep 13, 1965 · Engineering & Research 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-C
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