- Date
- May 2, 1970
- Place
- Huntington Lk, CA · HUNTINGTON LK, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N372RBThorpe T-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135349
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0735 70/5/2 HUNTINGTON LK,CAL THORPE T-18 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 46, 300 TIME - UNK/NR N372RB PX- 1 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CALIF FRESNO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 5/12/70. TOTAL TIME AS OF 5/31/68.. FLT PHASE UNKN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N372RB
- Reported as
- Thorpe T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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