- Date
- May 9, 1970
- Place
- Mammoth Lakes, CA · MAMMOTH LAKES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7721BBeech T-34A
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127293
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1232 70/5/9 MAMMOTH LAKES,CAL BEECH T-34A CR- 1 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 614 TIME - 1139 N7721B PX- 0 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CALIF SEARCH AREA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 35 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR OTHER REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 5/10/70. ACFT ON CAP SEARCH BASE FLT PLAN LOOKING FOR MISSING ACFT IN MTNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7721B
- Reported as
- Beech T-34A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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