- Date
- August 7, 1966
- Place
- Ukiah, CA · UKIAH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6178CGrumman F7F-3
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0643 66/8/7 UKIAH CALIF GRUMMAN F7F-3 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 6100 TIME - 1417 N6178C PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 175 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UKIAH MUNICIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 2 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT VISION PARTIALLY OBSCURED BY SMOKE DURING FIRE BORATE RUN.NO GEAR WARNING HORN INSTALLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6178C
- Reported as
- Grumman F7F-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ukiah Municipal
N6178CRegistered now · Grumman F7F-3Airframe modelGrumman F7F-3Engine modelPratt & Whitney DW-CA series
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