- Date
- May 21, 1971
- Place
- Lake Head, CA · LAKE HEAD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2264BThorp T-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161552
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1675 71/5/21 LAKE HEAD,CALIF THORP T-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 1211 TIME - 1202 N2264B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REDDING,CALIF JOSEPHINE CO.OREG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2264B
- Reported as
- Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2264BRegistration cancelled Apr 9, 1973 · Park Thorp T-18Airframe modelPark Thorp T-18Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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