- Date
- December 26, 1965
- Place
- Tehachapi, CA · TEHACHAPI, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29517Taylorcraft BC12
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174970
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0975 65/12/26 TEHACHAPI CALIF TAYLORCRAFT BC12 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 38, 82 TOTAL TIME - 1820 N29517 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KERN COUNTY NO.4 TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29517
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kern County No.4
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