- Date
- May 10, 1967
- Place
- Watsonville, CA · WATSONVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N41617Culver LFA
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117242
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1522 67/5/10 WATSONVILLE,CALIF CULVER LFA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 193 TIME - 1830 N41617 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATSONVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41617
- Reported as
- Culver LFA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watsonville
N41617Registration cancelled Apr 6, 2023 · Culver LFAAirframe modelCulver LFAEngine modelFranklin 4AC199B series
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