- Date
- October 22, 1971
- Place
- 1 000 Oaks, CA · 1 000 OAKS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N916MMoth Acft 60GM
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164633
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4530 71/10/22 1,000 OAKS,CALIF MOTH ACFT 60GM CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 2464 TIME - 1500 N916M PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1600 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION 1,000 OAKS,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LOW SLOW FLT IN GUSTY WIND COND BEHIND HELICOPTER FOR TV FILM. RAN INTO DOWNDRAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N916M
- Reported as
- Moth Acft 60GM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N916MRegistration cancelled Oct 12, 2016 · Moth 60-GMAirframe modelMoth 60-GMEngine modelDehav ENG GIPSY GRP 3
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