- Date
- October 5, 1975
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29588Taylorcraft BL-65
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751005031969A
- Case key
- 150828
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2779 75/10/5 NR.AVALON,CA TAYLORCRAFT BL-65 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 400 TIME - 1515 N29588 PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AVALON,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- SANK IN OCEAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29588
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BL-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N29588Registration cancelled Sep 24, 2012 · Taylorcraft BL-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BL-65Engine modelLycoming 0-145B 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.