- Date
- April 2, 1972
- Place
- Pacoima, CA · PACOIMA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N21DCFunk B85C
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165683
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0881 72/4/2 PACOIMA,CALIF FUNK B85C CR- 0 2 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 62, 1633 TIME - 1010 N21DC PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITEMAN AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PACOIMA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER REMARKS- MDFD ACFT,NEW ENG.MAX TKOF WGHT,STALL CHARCS NOT DEFINED.OPERG UNDER EXPRMNTL CERTIFICATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21DC
- Reported as
- Funk B85C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Whiteman Airpark
N21DCRegistration cancelled Oct 16, 2012 · Funk B85CAirframe modelFunk B85CEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.