- Date
- August 4, 1965
- Place
- Los Olivos, CA · LOS OLIVOS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N504MHLockheed P-38
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177312
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0739 65/8/4 NR.LOS OLIVOS CALIF LOCKHEED P-38 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 519 TIME - 1430 N504MH PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NO PREVIOUS FLIGHT TIME IN TYPE AIRCRAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N504MH
- Reported as
- Lockheed P-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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