- Date
- May 3, 1977
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N991CStinson 108-3
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770503010069A
- Case key
- 158359
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0782 77/5/3 SANTA ANA,CA STINSON 108-3 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 403 TIME - 0200 N991C PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ANA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CROSSED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TAXIING ACFT TO BE WEIGHED,INADVERTENTLY BECAME AIRBORNE.CROSSED AILERON CONDITION KNOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N991C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Orange County
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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.