- Date
- February 4, 1967
- Place
- Mt.Laguna, CA · MT.LAGUNA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N32315Porterfield 75-C
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119079
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0051 67/2/4 MT.LAGUNA,CALIF PORTERFIELD 75-C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 589 TIME - 0726 N32315 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 560 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 40 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SEVERE TURBULENCE AND MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32315
- Reported as
- Porterfield 75-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed