- Date
- August 23, 1979
- Place
- Santa Ynez, CA · SANTA YNEZ, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6071MAerostar 601P
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790823036429A
- Case key
- 134271
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2971 79/8/23 SANTA YNEZ,CA AEROSTAR 601P CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 2019 TIME - 1700 N6071M PX- 0 0 3 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA YNEZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA BARBARA,CA SANTA YNEZ,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6071M
- Reported as
- Aerostar 601P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Ynez
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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.