- Date
- August 4, 1980
- Place
- S.Lake Tahoe, CA · S.LAKE TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N24647Beech B19
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800804043549A
- Case key
- 129109
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2217 80/8/4 S.LAKE TAHOE,CA BEECH B19 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 420 TIME - 1720 N24647 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH LAKE TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION S.LAKE TAHOE,CA FRESNO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT STATED HE ENCTRD WND SHIFT & DWNDFT.D/A APRX 9300FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24647
- Reported as
- Beech B19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- South Lake Tahoe
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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.