- Date
- March 2, 1971
- Place
- Ocotillo, CA · OCOTILLO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N729CStinson 108
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160321
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0217 71/3/2 OCOTILLO,CALIF STINSON 108 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 89 TOTAL TIME - 1615 N729C PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARTINS TRAILER P DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BORREGO SPRINGS,CAL OCOTILLO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LND WITH 10K TAILWIND 2/3 DOWN RWY. HIT SAND DUNE ON GO AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N729C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Martins Trailer P
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