- Date
- May 19, 1965
- Place
- Charles City, IA · CHARLES CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5260KNavion B-260
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181726
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1300 65/5/19 CHARLES CITY IOWA NAVION B-260 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 204 TIME - 1415 N5260K PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLES CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5260K
- Reported as
- Navion B-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Charles City
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