- Date
- February 5, 1965
- Place
- San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180495
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0049 65/2/5 SAN JOSE CALIF TAYLORCRAFT DC-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 180 TIME - 1030 N66713 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REID S HILLVIEW TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0049 65/2/5 SAN JOSE CALIF CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 16 TOTAL TIME - 1030 N2095N PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REID S HILLVIEW TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- PILOT FAILED TO ASSURE RUNWAY WAS CLEAR FOR LANDING
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2095N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reid S Hillview
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.
- Registration
- N66713
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DC-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reid S Hillview
N66713Registered now · Taylorcraft DC-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft DC-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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