- Date
- July 14, 1968
- Place
- Shafter, CA · SHAFTER, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109139
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2049 68/7/14 SHAFTER,CALIF BOEING N2S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 2050 TIME - 1000 N268N PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 1 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHAFTER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- PLT OF N268N LOST SIGHT OF N1585 BUT CONTINUED TO TAXI TOWARD IT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2049 68/7/14 SHAFTER,CALIF BENSEN B-8M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 27 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N1585 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHAFTER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: GROUND TAXI FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1585
- Reported as
- Bensen B-8M
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shafter
N1585Registration cancelled May 15, 2020 · Bensen B-8Airframe modelBensen B-8Engine modelMcculloch 4318A&E/0-100
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N268N
- Reported as
- Boeing N2S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Shafter
N268NRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · Boeing N2S-2Airframe modelBoeing N2S-2Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.