- Date
- April 11, 1970
- Place
- Pescadero, CA · PESCADERO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N36079Taylorcraft BC1265
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 139485
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0185 70/4/11 NR.PESCADERO,CALIF TAYLORCRAFT BC1265 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 4220 TIME - 1230 N36079 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HALF MOON BAY,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ACFT NOT RECOVERED.SANK IN OCEAN.PLT MAKING STEEP TURNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36079
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC1265
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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