- Date
- October 19, 1979
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA · PALO ALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N65103Swearingen SA26AT
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791019042519A
- Case key
- 132837
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3962 79/10/19 PALO ALTO,CA SWEARINGEN SA26AT CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2316 N65103 PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS 33, 3331 TOTAL HOURS, 197 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALO ALTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CA PALO ALTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION REMARKS- IFR CANCELLED,VFR LDG HARD,ABORTED LDG ROLL LEFT CRASHED INVERTED.L ENG BIRD INJESTION.7 ACFT DMGD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65103
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA26AT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palo Alto
N65103Registration cancelled Apr 30, 2013 · Swearingen SA26-TAirframe modelSwearingen SA26-TEngine modelAiResearch TPE331 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.