- Date
- August 26, 1973
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N31656Waco VKS-7
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730826027779A
- Case key
- 188957
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2813 73/8/26 LONG BEACH,CALIF WACO VKS-7 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 565 TIME - 1305 N31656 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL MONTE,CALIF LONG BEACH,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31656
- Reported as
- Waco VKS-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Long Beach Muni
N31656Registration cancelled Aug 19, 2003 · Waco VKS-7Airframe modelWaco VKS-7Engine modelJacobs L4 /R755-7
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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.