- Date
- December 11, 1969
- Place
- Mammoth Lks, CA · MAMMOTH LKS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7847RBeech 36
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149849
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4181 69/12/11 MAMMOTH LKS,CALIF BEECH 36 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 647 TIME - 1050 N7847R PX- 0 2 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 139 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAMMOTH LAKES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAMMOTH LKS,CALIF ANAHEIM,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 58 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WIND TURBULENT NEAR GRND,GUSTING 40K.PLT RECOVERED FROM SPIN,DIVED ACFT UNDER WIRES,CRASH LANDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7847R
- Reported as
- Beech 36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mammoth Lakes
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