- Date
- October 5, 1969
- Place
- Crescnt Cty, CA · CRESCNT CTY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4154Mooney M-18
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151399
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4074 69/10/5 CRESCNT CTY,CALIF MOONEY M-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 1380 TIME - 1220 N4154 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 580 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HIGH PLATEAU DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GASQUET,CALIF CRESCNT CTY,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- HEAVY BRAKING,ACFT ENTERED ABT 20 DEGREE SKID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4154
- Reported as
- Mooney M-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- High Plateau
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