- Date
- September 27, 1980
- Place
- Taft, CA · TAFT, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4172XAero Comdr 100
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800927044289A
- Case key
- 128574
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2713 80/9/27 TAFT,CA AERO COMDR 100 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 332 TIME - 1020 N4172X PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 103 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAFT KERN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP RENO,NV OXNARD,CA TAFT,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 75 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT RPRTD ENCTRG DUST DEVIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4172X
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Taft Kern County
N4172XRegistration cancelled Jan 4, 2018 · Aero Commander 100Airframe modelAero Commander 100Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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