- Date
- March 9, 1974
- Place
- Columbia, CA · COLUMBIA, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8785HRyan Navion
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740309006869A
- Case key
- 186580
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0524 74/3/9 COLUMBIA,CALIF RYAN NAVION CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 704 TIME - 0115 N8785H PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA,CALIF STOCKTON,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HIT TREE WITH L WING JUST NORTH OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8785H
- Reported as
- Ryan Navion
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Columbia
N8785HRegistration cancelled Jan 26, 2004 · Ryan NAVIONAirframe modelRyan NAVIONEngine modelContinental E185 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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