- Date
- May 15, 1968
- Place
- Westley, CA · WESTLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N59253Boeing A-75
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110429
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1571 68/5/15 WESTLEY,CALIF BOEING A-75 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0900 N59253 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 42, 1770 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 20 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LEFT CROSS WIND 90 DEG 15 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59253
- Reported as
- Boeing A-75
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westley
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Other investigations on N59253 · 3
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