- Date
- November 14, 1970
- Place
- Auburn, CA · AUBURN, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6709CStinson L-5B
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159224
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4173 70/11/14 AUBURN,CALIF STINSON L-5B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 538 TIME - 1130 N6709C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUBURN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUBURN,CALIF SAN JOSE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ACFT SWERVED TO R. PLT ABORTED T/O UNTIL ALMOST STOPPED. THEN OPENED THROTTLE FOR SECOND ATTEMPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6709C
- Reported as
- Stinson L-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Auburn
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