- Date
- July 28, 1970
- Place
- Arvin, CA · ARVIN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9082ZGrumman TBM-3E
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113394
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1764 70/7/28 ARVIN,CALIF GRUMMAN TBM-3E CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, TIME - 1520 N9082Z PX- 0 0 0 FIRE CONTROL UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 125 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PASO ROBLES,CALIF. LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F SMOKE 100 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- OBSVD NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE PRIOR HITTING MTN DRG FIRE CTL DROP.VSBY VRBL DWN TO 1/4MI,SMOKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9082Z
- Reported as
- Grumman TBM-3E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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