- Date
- February 18, 1968
- Place
- Ocotillo Well, CA · OCOTILLO WELL, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2264YCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112359
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0231 68/2/18 OCOTILLO WELL,CAL CESSNA 177 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1628 TIME - 1635 N2264Y PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCOTILLO WELLS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: BUZZING STALL IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: SPECTATOR REMARKS- LEFT WING STRUCK SPECTATOR WHO HAD GONE ONTO THE FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2264Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ocotillo Wells
N2264YRegistration cancelled Apr 4, 2017 · Cessna 177Airframe modelCessna 177Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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