- Date
- February 28, 1978
- Place
- Solvang, CA · SOLVANG, CA
- Injuries
- 7 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6143XAero Comdr 500A
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780228016929A
- Case key
- 143389
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1161 78/2/28 NR.SOLVANG,CA AERO COMDR 500A CR- 3 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N6143X PX- 4 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 48, 17770 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 2440 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP VISALIA,CA SANTA BARBARA,CA SANTA MARIA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 61 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 110 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6143X
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6143X · 1
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