- Date
- February 10, 1971
- Place
- Santa Cruz, CA · SANTA CRUZ, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N29117Cessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1784 71/2/10 SANTA CRUZ,CALIF CESSNA 206 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1510 N29117 PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 24, 2742 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 11 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHRISTI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OXNARD,CALIF SANTA CRUZ,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- PLT MADE IMPROPER LOW PASS BEFORE LDG. L WG HIT SPECTATOR AT END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29117
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Christi