- Date
- August 12, 1971
- Place
- Susanville, CA · SUSANVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7777JBeech D35
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162726
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3035 71/8/12 SUSANVILLE,CALIF BEECH D35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 288 TIME - 1742 N7777J PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 178 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUSANVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATSONVILLE,CALIF SUSANVILLE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 90 250 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- STALLED ABT 50-60FT OVR RWY.DENS ALT ABT 7200FT.BOTH WINGS DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7777J
- Reported as
- Beech D35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Susanville
N7777JRegistration cancelled Aug 22, 2013 · Beech D35Airframe modelBeech D35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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.