- Date
- August 29, 1976
- Place
- Santa Cruz, CA · SANTA CRUZ, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3579TTaylorcraft F-19
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760829029439A
- Case key
- 155387
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2528 76/8/29 SANTA CRUZ,CA TAYLORCRAFT F-19 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, UNK/NR TIME - 1900 N3579T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA SANTA CRUZ,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- PROLONGED GLIDE & SLIP. GR HIT RWY LIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3579T
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft F-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skypark
N3579TRegistered now · Taylorcraft F19Airframe modelTaylorcraft F19Engine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3579T · 1
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