- Date
- March 19, 1978
- Place
- Yuba City, CA · YUBA CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6263UMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780319004519A
- Case key
- 142599
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0460 78/3/19 YUBA CITY,CA MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 1900 TIME - 1830 N6263U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1600 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUTTER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLE RIVER,CA YUBA CITY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR REMARKS- CONVERSING WITH OTHER ACFT IN PATTERN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6263U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sutter County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6263U · 1
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