- Date
- August 18, 1977
- Place
- Redding, CA · REDDING, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19770818026882A19770818026881A
- Case key
- 146127
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1943 77/8/18 REDDING,CA RYAN PT-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 322 TIME - 1635 N57017 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VACAVILLE,CA REDDING,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1943 77/8/18 REDDING,CA PITTS S1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 698 TIME - 1635 N2259C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VACAVILLE,CA REDDING,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2259C
- Reported as
- Pitts S1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sky Ranch
N2259CRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 1977 · Lares/Conterno PITTS S-1CAirframe modelLares/Conterno PITTS S-1C
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N57017
- Reported as
- Ryan PT-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Ranch
N57017Registration cancelled May 5, 1999 · Ryan Aeronautical ST3KRAirframe modelRyan Aeronautical ST3KR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2259C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.