- Date
- November 12, 1966
- Place
- Yakima, WA · YAKIMA, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6439CStinson L-5B
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119865
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4059 66/11/12 NR.YAKIMA WASH STINSON L-5B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 5301 TIME - 1320 N6439C PX- 0 0 1 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND 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 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PILOT LOOKING FOR LOST HUNTER.CRASH LANDED IN TREES WHEN UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB DOWNDRAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6439C
- Reported as
- Stinson L-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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