- Date
- December 4, 1965
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA · SANTA PAULA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25327Fairchild 24
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174401
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3906 65/12/4 SANTA PAULA CALIF FAIRCHILD 24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1355 TIME - 1615 N25327 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA PAULA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK TETRAHEDRON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25327
- Reported as
- Fairchild 24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Paula
N25327Registered now · Fairchild 24W-40Airframe modelFairchild 24W-40Engine modelFairchild 6-440 series
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