- Date
- June 3, 1966
- Place
- Imperial, CA · IMPERIAL, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5175KNavion B
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122790
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3029 66/6/3 IMPERIAL CALIF NAVION B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N5175K PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 45, 3500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 350 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IMPERIAL COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) REMARKS- GEAR HANDLE IN UP POSITION FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE WORK FOR BROKEN HYDRAULIC LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5175K
- Reported as
- Navion B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Imperial County
N5175KRegistration cancelled Apr 1, 2013 · Navion NAVION BAirframe modelNavion NAVION BEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N5175K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.