- Date
- April 4, 1965
- Place
- Merced, CA · MERCED, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7782CBeechcraft T-34A
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178970
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0600 65/4/4 MERCED CALIF BEECHCRAFT T-34A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1605 N7782C PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 41, 7140 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 36 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERCED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7782C
- Reported as
- Beechcraft T-34A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Merced
N7782CRegistration cancelled Jul 15, 2013 · Beech T-34AAirframe modelBeech T-34AEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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