- Date
- July 19, 1975
- Place
- Vacaville, CA · VACAVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97342Stinson 108
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750719022799A
- Case key
- 149853
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2068 75/7/19 VACAVILLE,CA STINSON 108 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 178 TIME - 0910 N97342 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NUT TREE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CA VACAVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97342
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nut Tree
N97342Registration cancelled Sep 11, 2013 · Stinson 108Airframe modelStinson 108Engine modelFranklin 6A4150 series
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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.