- Date
- April 17, 1980
- Place
- Farmersville, CA · FARMERSVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N97836Stinson 108-1
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800417008979A
- Case key
- 130398
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1484 80/4/17 FARMERSVILLE,CA STINSON 108-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 570 TIME - 1530 N97836 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHANNON RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HURON,CA FARMERSVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT POWERLINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97836
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shannon Ranch
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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.