- Date
- July 31, 1970
- Place
- Taft, CA · TAFT, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77486Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111164
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3253 70/7/31 TAFT,CALIF CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 59 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N77486 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAFT-KERN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARICOPA,CALIF TAFT,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- L WING,GR DMGD DRG GROUNDLOOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77486
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Taft-Kern County
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