- Date
- February 8, 1970
- Place
- Santa Maria, CA · SANTA MARIA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N77446Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135653
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0825 70/2/8 SANTA MARIA,CALIF CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 56 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N77446 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA MARIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA MARIA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT HAD LITTLE CONVENTIONAL GR EXPERIENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77446
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Maria
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Other investigations on N77446 · 2
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