- Date
- January 1, 1965
- Place
- Folsom Lake, CA · FOLSOM LAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180440
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0001 65/1/1 FOLSOM LAKE CALIF BEECHCRAFT 35-33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1230 N996T PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 45, 15000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 4 0 0 500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-FAILURE OF ONE OR BOTH PILOTS TO SEE / AVOID SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROL ZONE/AREA - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - *ERROR-INVALID CODVERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- N5895P NOT RECOVERED FROM LAKE BOTTOM
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0001 65/1/1 FOLSOM LAKE CALIF PIPER PA24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 281 TIME - 1230 N5895P PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 3 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-FAILURE OF ONE OR BOTH PILOTS TO SEE / AVOID FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROL ZONE/AREA - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - *ERROR-INVALID CODVERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- N5895P NOT RECOVERED FROM LAKE BOTTOM
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N5895P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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- Registration
- N996T
- Reported as
- Beechcraft 35-33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.