- Date
- July 18, 1970
- Place
- Columbia, CA · COLUMBIA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6459CConvair PBY-6A
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112945
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1502 70/7/18 COLUMBIA,CALIF CONVAIR PBY-6A CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 13532 TIME - 1600 N6459C PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1202 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 101 193 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSD MAKING 360 TURNS LO ALT.PLT REPD FNL APCH.HIT GRANITE BOULDERS 252 FT SHORT,5 FT BLO RWY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6459C
- Reported as
- Convair PBY-6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Columbia
N6459CRegistration cancelled Sep 9, 1970 · Consolidated Vultee PBY-6AAirframe modelConsolidated Vultee PBY-6A
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