- Date
- April 16, 1967
- Place
- Joshua Tree, CA · JOSHUA TREE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N52303Fairchild PT-19
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117810
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0326 67/4/16 JOSHUA TREE,CALIF FAIRCHILD PT-19 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 400 TIME - 1313 N52303 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - K FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PASSENGER THREW SAND ON FLAMES AND PUT FIRE OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52303
- Reported as
- Fairchild PT-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- K Field
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