- Date
- April 26, 1972
- Place
- Santa Cruz, CA · SANTA CRUZ, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3617QBeech B23
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166112
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1764 72/4/26 SANTA CRUZ,CALIF BEECH B23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 74 TOTAL TIME - 1755 N3617Q PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3617Q
- Reported as
- Beech B23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Park
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