- Date
- December 16, 1970
- Place
- Rosamond, CA · ROSAMOND, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3542HForney F-1A
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159560
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4592 70/12/16 ROSAMOND,CALIF FORNEY F-1A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 400 TIME - 1400 N3542H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 290 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,CALIF FRESNO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 50 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- VFR ON TOP,12500FT,OVR MTNS.UN MNTN ALT,DSCND INTO CLOUDS,TOPS 10000FT.ENCNTRD TURB,ICING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3542H
- Reported as
- Forney F-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed