- Date
- October 10, 1971
- Place
- Watsonville, CA · WATSONVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2544BConvair L-13
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163717
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3818 71/10/10 WATSONVILLE,CALIF CONVAIR L-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 10005 TIME - 1500 N2544B PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATSONVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATSONVILLE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- L GR SEPARATED. PLT MADE GO AROUND. FURTHER DMG ON NEXT LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2544B
- Reported as
- Convair L-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watsonville
N2544BRegistration cancelled Jul 12, 2018 · Consolidated Vultee/Hops L-13AAirframe modelConsolidated Vultee/Hops L-13AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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Other investigations on N2544B · 2
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