- Date
- November 23, 1968
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 9 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7666Dehavilland DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191946
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4644 68/11/23 SANTA ANA,CALIF DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1959 N7666 PX- 7 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 47, 12276 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 234 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 59 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT 30 FT STEEL LIGHT POLE.APRXLY 1.8 MI FROM APCH END OF RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7666
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Orange County
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