- Date
- August 26, 1981
- Place
- Santa Ynez, CA · SANTA YNEZ, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4543CCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810826051699A
- Case key
- 123925
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2340 81/8/26 SANTA YNEZ,CA CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 435 TIME - 1130 N4543C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA YNEZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA BARBARA,CA SANTA YNEZ,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WND GSTG 11KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4543C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Santa Ynez
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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.