- Date
- March 5, 1976
- Place
- S.Lake Tahoe, CA · S.LAKE TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8609ABeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760305003259A
- Case key
- 152618
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0303 76/3/5 S.LAKE TAHOE,CA BEECH D18S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1102 TIME - 1645 N8609A PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH LAKE TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA MONICA,CA S.LAKE TAHOE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8609A
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- South Lake Tahoe
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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