- Date
- June 21, 1970
- Place
- Ventura, CA · VENTURA, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1553NPiper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126327
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0800 70/6/21 VENTURA,CALIF PIPER J3C-65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1345 N1553N PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 9709 TOTAL HOURS, 281 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VENTURA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VENTURA,CALIF UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HIT 305 FT RADIO TOWER.PLT DEPARTED ARPT,CONTROL ZONE ON SPEC VFR CLEARANCE.TOWER,EQUIP SUB DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1553N
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ventura County
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