- Date
- July 4, 1965
- Place
- Tunnel Meadow, CA · TUNNEL MEADOW, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1254NBeechcraft D-17S
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176874
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1776 65/7/4 TUNNEL MEADOW CAL BEECHCRAFT D-17S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 7500 TIME - 1135 N1254N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 314 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUNNEL MEADOWS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 45 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1254N
- Reported as
- Beechcraft D-17S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tunnel Meadows