- Date
- April 5, 1981
- Place
- Grover City, CA · GROVER CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56SBBeech C23
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810405014089A
- Case key
- 126498
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1376 81/4/5 GROVER CITY,CA BEECH C23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 173 TIME - 1730 N56SB PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEANO COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GOLETA,CA GROVER CITY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56SB
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oceano County
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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.