- Date
- April 13, 1967
- Place
- Ducor, CA · DUCOR, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8840Stearman C3-R
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117560
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1165 67/4/13 DUCOR, CALIF STEARMAN C3-R CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 28, 311 TIME - 1430 N8840 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO USE FULL THROTTLE. ACFT RAN INTO GRAIN FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8840
- Reported as
- Stearman C3-R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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