- Date
- October 23, 1976
- Place
- Coalinga, CA · COALINGA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7317RBeech A36
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761023041789A
- Case key
- 156697
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3824 76/10/23 NR.COALINGA,CA BEECH A36 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 100 TIME - 1015 N7317R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,CA SAN CARLOS,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ELEVATOR TRIM TAB 7.5 DEGREES NOSE DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7317R
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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