- Date
- May 16, 1973
- Place
- Chino, CA · CHINO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1SRNieuport 28
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730516014039A
- Case key
- 190613
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1126 73/5/16 CHINO,CALIF NIEUPORT 28 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 12000 TIME - 1635 N1SR PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHINO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHINO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 16 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HIT 35 FT TREES ABOUT 110 YDS SHORT OF RWY. GUSTING TO 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1SR
- Reported as
- Nieuport 28
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chino
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.