- Date
- September 26, 1970
- Place
- Castro Valley, CA · CASTRO VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N49793Boeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1657 70/9/26 CASTRO VALLEY,CAL BOEING A75N1 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1118 N49793 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 44, 3782 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKLAND,CALIF CASTRO VALLEY,CAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- STRUCK HILLSIDE DURING PULL OUT FROM LOW ALT LOOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49793
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N49793Registered now · Boeing A75N1(PT17)Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelContinental W670 series
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