- Date
- October 9, 1965
- Place
- Lathrop Wells, NV · LATHROP WELLS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N69165Fairchild PT-23
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175758
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2959 65/10/9 LATHROP WELLS NEV FAIRCHILD PT-23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1518 N69165 PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS AGE 31, 2227 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 58 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JACKASS FLATS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69165
- Reported as
- Fairchild PT-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jackass Flats
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