- Date
- October 18, 1971
- Place
- Carlsbad, CA · CARLSBAD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6039Waterman W-12
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163538
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1971 71/10/18 CARLSBAD,CALIF WATERMAN W-12 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 77, 5000 TIME - 0946 N6039 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALOMAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARLSBAD,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN REMARKS- VEERED TO R AFTER T/O DUE LONGITUDINAL INSTABILITY. HIT FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6039
- Reported as
- Waterman W-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palomar
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