- Date
- June 7, 1974
- Place
- Santee, CA · SANTEE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N719ZAero Comdr 520
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740607024789A
- Case key
- 130224
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2268 74/6/7 SANTEE,CALIF AERO COMDR 520 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 2000 TIME - 1118 N719Z PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTEE,CALIF CALEXICO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 67 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED TO FLY INTO CLOUDS AFTER TKOF,LATER EMERGED FM CLOUDS AND ENTERED L SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N719Z
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 520
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N719Z · 1
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