- Date
- May 6, 1980
- Place
- Carlsbad, CA · CARLSBAD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8445CAero Comdr 680
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800506011649A
- Case key
- 131147
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0478 80/5/6 CARLSBAD,CA AERO COMDR 680 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0850 N8445C PX- 0 1 3 CORP/EXEC AGE 29, 2224 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 137 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALOMAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARLSBAD,CA SANTA ANA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- ACFT PARKED W DOOR AWAY FRM TERMINAL,WITH THAT ENG SHUT DOWN.PAX WALKED INTO APPROACHING SIDE PROP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8445C
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Palomar
N8445CRegistered now · Aero Commander 680-EAirframe modelAero Commander 680-EEngine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 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.