- Date
- January 11, 1970
- Place
- Taft, CA · TAFT, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2573HErco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142537
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0310 70/1/11 TAFT,CALIF ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1225 TIME - 1815 N2573H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAFT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAFT,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- ABORTED GO-AROUND DUE RNWY GRADIENT AND OBSTS.HIT PARKED CESSNA N77486.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2573H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Taft
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