- Date
- November 20, 1970
- Place
- Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N68820Boeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159170
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4202 70/11/20 SACRAMENTO,CALIF BOEING A75N1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 18000 TIME - 0830 N68820 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 8500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIO LINDA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SACRAMENTO,CALIF UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WEA BRIEF BY GRND CREW BY RADIO. FLEW INTO FOG BANK,HIT GRND DURING TURN AROUND. NO LOAD IN HOPPER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68820
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rio Linda
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Other investigations on N68820 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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