- Date
- July 29, 1978
- Place
- Honey Lake, CA · HONEY LAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N43319Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780729021459A
- Case key
- 140486
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1911 78/7/29 HONEY LAKE,CA TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 428 TIME - 0800 N43319 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 151 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HERLONG,CA HONEY LAKE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- DURG LOW ALT FLT,WING HIT WATER DURG EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION WITH BIRDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43319
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.