- Date
- July 20, 1976
- Place
- Lancaster, CA · LANCASTER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1436Rand KR-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760720022999A
- Case key
- 154773
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2198 76/7/20 NR.LANCASTER,CA RAND KR-1 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 500 TIME - 1215 N1436 PX- 0 0 0 MAPPING/PHOTO TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MISSION BELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PILOT WORE BLACK HOOD CAUSING DISTRACTION. FLIGHT FOR TELEVISION FILMING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1436
- Reported as
- Rand KR-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mission Bell
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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.
Other investigations on N1436 · 1
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