- Date
- February 12, 1979
- Place
- S Lake Tahoe, CA · S LAKE TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2503TNavion H
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790212002839A
- Case key
- 137644
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0071 79/2/12 S LAKE TAHOE,CA NAVION H CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1410 TIME - 1040 N2503T PX- 0 0 1 NS CTR PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - S LAKE TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION S LAKE TAHOE,CA RENO,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN STATIC: ENGINE RUNUP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 48 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- WIND GUST BLEW AIRCRAFT OVER ON BACK DURING ENGINE RUNUP.GUSTS TO 40KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2503T
- Reported as
- Navion H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- S Lake Tahoe
N2503TRegistered now · Navion NAVION HAirframe modelNavion NAVION HEngine modelContinental IO-550 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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