- Date
- February 7, 1981
- Place
- Santa Cruz, CA · SANTA CRUZ, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2WZBeech A36TC
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810207003019A
- Case key
- 126566
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3552 81/2/7 SANTA CRUZ,CA BEECH A36TC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, UNK/NR TIME - 1437 N2WZ PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA CRUZ,CA SAN DIEGO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT REMARKS- AFT TKOF,ANGLED FM RWY HDG,MUSHED,HIT 12FT EMBANKMENT.NOT CERTD HI PERF ACFT IAW 14CFR61.31(E).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2WZ
- Reported as
- Beech A36TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skypark
N2WZRegistration cancelled Oct 17, 2014 · Beech A36TCAirframe modelBeech A36TCEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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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.
Other investigations on N2WZ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.