- Date
- June 3, 1979
- Place
- Half Moon Bay, CA · HALF MOON BAY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77VVGee Bee Z
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790603012139A
- Case key
- 135679
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1300 79/6/3 HALF MOON BAY,CA GEE BEE Z CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 54, 11800 TIME - 1330 N77VV PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HALF MOON BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERCED,CA HALF MOON BAY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS REMARKS- RIGHT MASTER CYLINDER CONTAMINATED WITH GUMMY DIRT MIXTURE OF FLUIDS FOUND IN BRAKE CYLINDERS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77VV
- Reported as
- Gee Bee Z
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Half Moon Bay
N77VVRegistration cancelled Feb 7, 1997 · Turner GEE BEE MODEL ZAirframe modelTurner GEE BEE MODEL Z
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.