- Date
- October 26, 1976
- Place
- Scotts Valley, CA · SCOTTS VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16RCMustang II
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155957
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3064 76/10/26 SCOTTS VALLEY,CA MUSTANG II CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 539 TIME - 1110 N16RC PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA CRUZ SKYPRK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCOTTS VALLEY,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- GUST 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16RC
- Reported as
- Mustang II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Cruz Skyprk