- Date
- July 17, 1967
- Place
- Coalinga, CA · COALINGA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9711ZGrumman TBM-3
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115837
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0535 67/7/17 COALINGA, CALIF GRUMMAN TBM-3 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1600 N9711Z PX- 0 0 0 FIRE CONTROL 43, 9900 TOTAL HOURS, 500 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES SMOKE 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STRUCK TREE ON PULL UP FROM FIRE BOMBING RUN. SMOKY FROM FOREST FIRE. FLT CONTINUED, SAFE LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9711Z
- Reported as
- Grumman TBM-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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