- Date
- July 12, 1979
- Place
- Gustine, CA · GUSTINE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N19TFFocke Wolf 190
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790712016679A
- Case key
- 135281
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1800 79/7/12 GUSTINE,CA FOCKE WOLF 190 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1700 N19TF PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 28, 2088 TOTAL HOURS, 79 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GUSTINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERCED,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PLT STATED-ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURB DRG EMERG LNDG AFTER EVASIVE MNVR TO AVOID ANOTHER ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19TF
- Reported as
- Focke Wolf 190
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gustine
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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.