- Date
- March 21, 1973
- Place
- Woodside, CA · WOODSIDE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2366TNavion G
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730321007899A
- Case key
- 170603
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0849 73/3/21 WOODSIDE,CALIF NAVION G CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 4905 TIME - 0821 N2366T PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2905 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN CARLOS,CALIF FULLERTON,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB,LOST CTL. AFT FUSELAGE AND BOTH WGS SEP IN FLT.HAD LOGGED 8HRS ACTUAL INST
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2366T
- Reported as
- Navion G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.