- Date
- January 24, 1965
- Place
- Eureka, CA · EUREKA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5142UCessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179571
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0352 65/1/24 EUREKA CALIF CESSNA 206 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 460 TIME - 1330 N5142U PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MURRAY FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5142U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Murray Field
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