- Date
- September 20, 1979
- Place
- Castaic, CA · CASTAIC, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5001VBoeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790920035259A
- Case key
- 133641
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3077 79/9/20 CASTAIC,CA BOEING A75N1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0855 N5001V PX- 0 0 1 MAPPING/PHOTO 40, 17383 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 9000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIRPORT MESA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASTAIC,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- RGT MAIN GEAR STRUCK HI SPOT ON MESA DRG LOW PASS AFTER RECOVERY FROM LOOP.FILMING MOVIE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5001V
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Airport Mesa
N5001VRegistered now · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 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.
Other investigations on N5001V · 1
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