- Date
- April 7, 1974
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA · SANTA PAULA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N40198Stinson 108
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740407011059A
- Case key
- 186201
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0961 74/4/7 SANTA PAULA,CALIF STINSON 108 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1391 TIME - 1300 N40198 PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA PAULA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA PAULA,CALIF SANTA MARIA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ALSO HIT CAR,TREE & HOUSE.OVR MAX GROSS WT 45 LB
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40198
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Paula
N40198Registration cancelled Feb 6, 2004 · Stinson 108Airframe modelStinson 108Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 series
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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.