- Date
- August 15, 1965
- Place
- Huntington Bc, CA · HUNTINGTON BC, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N15981Piper J-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177269
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0632 65/8/15 NR.HUNTINGTON BC CAL PIPER J-2 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 2000 TIME - 1220 N15981 PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOWLARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 90 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ELEVATOR TRIM FOUND FULL NOSEUP-AIRCRAFT 41 LBS. OVER GROSS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15981
- Reported as
- Piper J-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Meadowlark
N15981Registration cancelled Jun 30, 2009 · Piper J-2Airframe modelPiper J-2Engine modelContinental A40 series
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