- Date
- September 26, 1970
- Place
- Fort Bidwel, CA · FORT BIDWEL, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9909CLuscombe 8F
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158563
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3842 70/9/26 FORT BIDWEL,CALIF LUSCOMBE 8F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 210 TIME - 1640 N9909C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 77 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CALIF ALTURAS,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- MADE CHECK POINTS GOOD,STARTED NAV BY VISUAL REF.MISTOOK MTN RANGE.VOLCANIC ROCK IN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9909C
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9909CRegistered now · Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8FAirframe modelSilvaire LUSCOMBE 8FEngine modelContinental C90 series
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