- Date
- August 8, 1965
- Place
- Red Bluff, CA · RED BLUFF, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4261EAeronca 11AC
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177324
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0761 65/8/8 RED BLUFF,CALIF. AERONCA 11AC CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1830 N4261E PX- 1 0 0 MAPPING/PHOTO HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIDWELL FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION REMARKS- THE RIGHT SIDE CABIN DOOR OF N4261E WAS REMOVED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4261E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bidwell Field
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