- Date
- August 15, 1970
- Place
- Fort Jones, CA · FORT JONES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N256XAero Comdr 680-FL
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191773
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3502 70/8/15 FORT JONES,CALIF AERO COMDR 680-FL CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 1400 TIME - 1235 N256X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 675 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCOTT VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEDFORD,OREG FORT JONES,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED REMARKS- PLT STATED HE PUT GR HANDLE DWN DRG DWNWND LEG,OBSRVD HANDLE UP PSN AT TCHDWN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N256X
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680-FL
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Scott Valley
N256XRegistration cancelled Sep 22, 2014 · Aero Commander 680FLAirframe modelAero Commander 680FLEngine modelLycoming IGSO-540-B1A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.