# NTSB OAK73FVD09: Eaa Biplane Reeser, N3218, Tracy, CA, August 6, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 6, 1972
- Place: Tracy, CA · TRACY, CA
- Location: 37.7274° N, 121.4522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tracy, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7274&lon=-121.4522&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 17, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167699
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK73FVD09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73FVD09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1158   72/8/6    TRACY,CALIF         EAA BIPLANE REESER  CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 52, 290
        TIME - 0708                    N3218               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TRACY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TRACY,CALIF                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- SWERVED L OFF RWY. HIT TREE ABOUT 2000 FT AWAY. PLT HAD NO TIME IN LAST SIX MOS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3218](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3218-1973-06-26), registration cancelled 1973-06-26, S/N 10 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EAA BIPLANE REESER
- Registry model: [Amateur Built EAA BIPLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/amateur-built-eaa-biplane) (registry code 33601AN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Tracy

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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