- Date
- May 18, 1971
- Place
- Taft, CA · TAFT, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N685WBoeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161512
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1715 71/5/18 TAFT,CALIF BOEING A75N1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 4185 TIME - 0830 N685W PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 3185 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALOMA RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLD RIVER,CALIF TAFT,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) REMARKS- R BRAKE FOUND LOCKED,CAUSE UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N685W
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Paloma Ranch
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