- Date
- August 30, 1968
- Place
- Carlsbad, CA · CARLSBAD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N262YWaterman W-11
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108524
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3430 68/8/30 CARLSBAD,CALIF WATERMAN W-11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 74, 15000 TIME - 1200 N262Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALOMAR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- HIT N8488S,SUBS DAMAGE. PLT WEARING OLD PAIR OF GOGGLES RESTRICTING HIS PERIPHERAL VISION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N262Y
- Reported as
- Waterman W-11
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palomar
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