- Date
- November 24, 1965
- Place
- Woodside, CA · WOODSIDE, CA
- Injuries
- 33 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2777RFairchild F-27A
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175469
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0068 65/11/24 NR.WOODSIDE CALIF FAIRCHILD F-27A CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1845 N2777R PX- 0 0 30 44, 20400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PACIFIC AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION LIGHTNING STRIKE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LIGHTNING STRIKE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - SQUALL LINE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 25 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 110 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- LIGHTNING EXPLOSIVE DAMAGE REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE LEFT WING ON N2777R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2777R
- Reported as
- Fairchild F-27A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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