- Date
- October 30, 1969
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 19 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N953SMDehavilland DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147976
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0044 69/10/30 NR.SANTA ANA,CALIF DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1945 N953SM PX- 0 0 18 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 53, 15250 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 921 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CALIF SANTA ANA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING REMARKS- STRUCK MUD HEN. R WINDSHIELD FAILED. LANDED OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N953SM
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Orange County