- Date
- April 23, 1978
- Place
- Redding, CA · REDDING, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N20429Taylorcraft BL65
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780423011969A
- Case key
- 142324
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0856 78/4/23 NR.REDDING,CA TAYLORCRAFT BL65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1910 N20429 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 710 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 11 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INMAN,OR LINCOLN,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20429
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BL65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N20429Registration cancelled Sep 10, 2014 · Taylorcraft BL-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BL-65Engine modelLycoming 0-145B series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.