- Date
- December 14, 1971
- Place
- Gonzales, CA · GONZALES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3437GN.American SNJ-5B
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164506
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3386 71/12/14 GONZALES,CALIF N.AMERICAN SNJ-5B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 363 TIME - 1645 N3437G PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 188 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL MONTE,CALIF SAN JOSE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 1/1/72. OBS SAW ACFT AT LOW ALT FOLLOWING ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3437G
- Reported as
- N.American SNJ-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3437GRegistration cancelled Feb 10, 1972 · North American SNJ-5BAirframe modelNorth American SNJ-5B
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