OAK66F0015

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 205 · San Francisco, CA · June 25, 1965

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
June 25, 1965
Place
San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Taxi
Aircraft
N8446ZCessna 205
Status
Completed · report August 13, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
177468

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1523  65/6/25    SAN FRANCISCO CAL   CESSNA 205          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1040
        TIME - 1645                    N8446Z              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           45                                                      290
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           43                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 43 KNOTS

Aircraft

Registration
N8446Z
Reported as
Cessna 205
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
San Francisco

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.