- Date
- May 26, 1979
- Place
- Orleans, CA · ORLEANS, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6083SBeech F33A
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790526014489A
- Case key
- 136240
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1051 79/5/26 ORLEANS,CA BEECH F33A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 490 TIME - 1235 N6083S PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6083S
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Private
N6083SRegistration cancelled Jul 16, 2013 · Beech F33AAirframe modelBeech F33AEngine modelContinental IO-520 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.