LAX76FUA03

NTSB accident investigation · Volpar D18S · Long Beach, CA · July 19, 1975

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
July 19, 1975
Place
Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N171UVolpar D18S
Status
Completed · report August 14, 1975
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19750719020879A
Case key
149453

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1838  75/7/19    LONG BEACH,CA       VOLPAR D18S         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 3440
        TIME - 0600                    N171U               PX-  0  0  0  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      TOTAL HOURS, 95 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DAUGHERTY FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LONG BEACH,CA               MEXICALI,MEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED

Aircraft

Registration
N171U
Reported as
Volpar D18S
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Daugherty Field

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.