- Date
- January 22, 1966
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA · SANTA PAULA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5472EAlon A-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173312
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0404 66/1/22 SANTA PAULA CALIF ALON A-2 CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1650 N5472E PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 41, 4409 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 209 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA PAULA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT OBSERVED MAKING A LONG FINAL APPROACH AT A VERY LOW ALTITUDE AND INTO THE SUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5472E
- Reported as
- Alon A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Santa Paula
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