- Date
- March 15, 1973
- Place
- Serra Mesa, CA · SERRA MESA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N55JCSportavia SFS-31
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730315005849A
- Case key
- 163146
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0579 73/3/15 SERRA MESA,CALIF SPORTAVIA SFS-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 389 TIME - 1525 N55JC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTGOMERY FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL: MUSH LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- WHEEL EQUIPT.PLT UN TO MANUALLY LOWER GR.SHOCK ASSEMBLY BOLT TOO LONG.CUT PWR TO PREVENT PROP DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55JC
- Reported as
- Sportavia SFS-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Montgomery Field
N55JCRegistered now · Sportavia-Putzer SFS31Airframe modelSportavia-Putzer SFS31Engine modelRectimo 4AR 1200
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.