- Date
- November 20, 1971
- Place
- Palos Vrdes, CA · PALOS VRDES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N250BGlobe GC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164853
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4360 71/11/20 PALOS VRDES,CALIF GLOBE GC-1B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 311 TIME - 1510 N250B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 253 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TORRANCE,CALIF SANTA MONICA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- ATMTD AILERON ROLL ABT 700FT AGL,LOST CTL,ENTRD STEEP DIVE.PLT & ACFT NOT RCVRD FM 400FT OF WTR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N250B
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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