- Date
- March 25, 1978
- Place
- Santa Maria, CA · SANTA MARIA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6262LGR Lakes 2T-1A
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780325021059A
- Case key
- 141931
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1513 78/3/25 NR.SANTA MARIA,CA GR LAKES 2T-1A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 1860 TIME - 1045 N6262L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTER RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA MARIA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6262L
- Reported as
- GR Lakes 2T-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Porter Ranch
N6262LRegistered now · Great Lakes 2T-1A-2Airframe modelGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2Engine modelLycoming AEIO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6262L · 1
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