- Date
- August 9, 1965
- Place
- Santa Maria, CA · SANTA MARIA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N77446Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176172
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2900 65/8/9 SANTA MARIA CALIF CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 11 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N77446 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA MARIA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77446
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Maria
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Other investigations on N77446 · 2
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