- Date
- September 4, 1971
- Place
- Placerville, CA · PLACERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6825CGrumman TBM3E
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163777
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3672 71/9/4 PLACERVILLE,CALIF GRUMMAN TBM3E CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 5800 TIME - 1638 N6825C PX- 0 0 0 FIRE CONTROL TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLACERVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLACERVILLE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- SPRAYING FIRETROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6825C
- Reported as
- Grumman TBM3E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Placerville
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