- Date
- December 23, 1966
- Place
- Pacoima, CA · PACOIMA, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77618Fairchild 24
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119353
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4252 66/12/23 PACOIMA CALIF FAIRCHILD 24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 124 TIME - 1500 N77618 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITEMAN AIR PARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- LNDG ABORTED AT WHITEMAN AIR PARK.FURTHER DAMAGE SUBSEQUENT LNDG FOAMED RNWY AT VAN NUYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77618
- Reported as
- Fairchild 24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Whiteman Air Park
N77618Registered now · Fairchild 24W-46Airframe modelFairchild 24W-46Engine modelWarner SS165 series
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Other investigations on N77618 · 2
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