- Date
- June 29, 1974
- Place
- Pismo Beach, CA · PISMO BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8918HNavion A-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740629023519A
- Case key
- 130222
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2264 74/6/29 NR.PISMO BEACH,CALIF NAVION A-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 5625 TIME - 1115 N8918H PX- 3 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEANO CNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEANO,CALIF MERCED,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ARTIFICIAL HORIZON REMOVED,INST PANEL BEING REMODELED.CRASHED INTO OCEAN.MIL INST RATING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8918H
- Reported as
- Navion A-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oceano Cnty
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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.