- Date
- September 25, 1971
- Place
- Pioche, NV · PIOCHE, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N491CCurtis Sull J T
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164296
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3901 71/9/25 PIOCHE,NEV CURTIS SULL J T CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 600 TIME - 1525 N491C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELY,NEV CALIENTE,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS NONE 17 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 17K,DENS ALT ABT 8000FT.FOLLOWING ROAD IN HILLY TERRAIN,ENCNTRD DWNDRFT,HIT ROAD MRKR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N491C
- Reported as
- Curtis Sull J T
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N491CRegistration cancelled May 15, 2015 · Curtis-Sullivan 3Airframe modelCurtis-Sullivan 3Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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