- Date
- August 20, 1978
- Place
- Laytonville, CA · LAYTONVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N448DFGrumman TS-2A
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780820028079A
- Case key
- 139582
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2511 78/8/20 NR.LAYTONVILLE,CA GRUMMAN TS-2A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1746 N448DF PX- 0 0 0 FIRE CONTROL 29, 6273 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1912 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UKIAH,CA LAYTONVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N448DF
- Reported as
- Grumman TS-2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N448DFRegistration cancelled Dec 23, 1981 · Grumman S2F-1 (TS-2A)Airframe modelGrumman S2F-1 (TS-2A)
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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.