- Date
- March 6, 1975
- Place
- Carpinteria, CA · CARPINTERIA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N424SFDehavilland DH-104
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750306013969A
- Case key
- 148154
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1118 75/3/6 CARPINTERIA,CA DEHAVILLAND DH-104 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0423 N424SF PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 40, 6000 TOTAL HOURS, 400 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PASO ROBLES,CA LOS ANGELES,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BOTH GEN & BATT FAILED.RCVR: 3/8/75.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N424SF
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DH-104
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N424SFRegistration cancelled Jul 17, 1975 · Dehavilland DH104 DOVE 6AAirframe modelDehavilland DH104 DOVE 6A
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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.