- Date
- December 18, 1972
- Place
- Soledad, CA · SOLEDAD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4086KJungster II RK-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169236
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3904 72/12/18 SOLEDAD,CALIF JUNGSTER II RK-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N4086K PX- 0 0 0 OTHER AGE 37, 2500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 20 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KING CITY,CALIF MONTEREY,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- TAKING LOW-LEVEL MOTION PICTURES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4086K
- Reported as
- Jungster II RK-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4086KRegistered now · Jungster II RK2Airframe modelJungster II RK2Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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