- Date
- May 17, 1965
- Place
- Fawn Skin, CA · FAWN SKIN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N36799Stinson 10A
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177567
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1755 65/5/17 FAWN SKIN CALIF STINSON 10A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 38, 39 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N36799 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36799
- Reported as
- Stinson 10A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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