- Date
- November 2, 1969
- Place
- Weed, CA · WEED, CA
- Injuries
- 13 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4959NDehavilland DH-104
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153592
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4300 69/11/2 WEED,CALIF DEHAVILLAND DH-104 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1235 N4959N PX- 0 0 11 AIR TAXI-PASSG 45, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEED DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKLAND,CALIF WEED,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED REMARKS- STRUCK LARGE ROCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4959N
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DH-104
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weed
N4959NRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2012 · Dehavilland DH104 DOVE 6AAirframe modelDehavilland DH104 DOVE 6AEngine modelDehav ENG GQ-70MK2
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.