- Date
- March 25, 1966
- Place
- Healdsburg, CA · HEALDSBURG, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N26807Piper J4
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174124
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0122 66/3/25 HEALDSBURG CALIF PIPER J4 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1540 N26807 PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 45, 2306 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 52 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEALDSBURG MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PILOT HAD RECENTLY EXPERIENCED SEVERE CHEST PAINS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26807
- Reported as
- Piper J4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Healdsburg Muni
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