- Date
- March 23, 1976
- Place
- Mojave, CA · MOJAVE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8544Canadair F-86
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760323004689A
- Case key
- 153227
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0403 76/3/23 MOJAVE,CA CANADAIR F-86 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1400 N8544 PX- 0 0 0 TEST 49, 7126 TOTAL HOURS, 353 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOJAVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOJAVE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE WEATHER - WIND SHEAR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN 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 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- GUSTING TO 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8544
- Reported as
- Canadair F-86
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mojave
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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.