- Date
- January 1, 1972
- Place
- Piedra, CA · PIEDRA, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N328SBeech V35A
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0023 72/1/1 PIEDRA,CALIF BEECH V35A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1440 TIME - 1430 N328S PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1220 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WONDER VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PIEDRA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- OBS STATED PLT PERFORMED LOW LEVEL HI SPEED PASSES AND NEAR HAMMERHEAD STALL ON FINAL APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N328S
- Reported as
- Beech V35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wonder Valley
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