- Date
- January 15, 1966
- Place
- Tujunga, CA · TUJUNGA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3392CBeech F35
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174040
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0012 66/1/15 TUJUNGA CALIF BEECH F35 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2017 N3392C PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 48, 1300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 97 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 8000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING DUST 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 38 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3392C
- Reported as
- Beech F35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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