- Date
- January 27, 1978
- Place
- Lucerne Valley, CA · LUCERNE VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N27NCallair A-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780127000749A
- Case key
- 143660
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0098 78/1/27 LUCERNE VALLEY,CA CALLAIR A-2 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1350 N27N PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 54, 2000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 10 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HERBST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LUCERNE VALLEY,CA DAGGETT,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 10 K FM SE.RWY DOWNHILL,QUARTERING TAIL WIND.PULLED UP TO AVOID HOUSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27N
- Reported as
- Callair A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Herbst
N27NRegistration cancelled Feb 12, 2018 · Callair A-2Airframe modelCallair A-2Engine modelLycoming 0-290 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.