- Date
- January 20, 1979
- Place
- Corona, CA · CORONA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N456JHeffron KR-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790120001189A
- Case key
- 137770
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0116 79/1/20 CORONA,CA HEFFRON KR-2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1215 N456J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 31, 1300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORONA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORONA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT STATED GOING TO PRACTICE STALLS & SPINS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N456J
- Reported as
- Heffron KR-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Corona
N456JRegistration cancelled Jul 24, 2012 · Heffron KR-2Airframe modelHeffron KR-2Engine modelCorvair GO-140
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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.