- Date
- April 21, 1979
- Place
- Snohomish, WA · SNOHOMISH, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4659VConvair L-13
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790421013549A
- Case key
- 135660
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1161 79/4/21 SNOHOMISH,WA CONVAIR L-13 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1025 TIME - 1730 N4659V PX- 0 0 0 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARVEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SNOHOMISH,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 45 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4659V
- Reported as
- Convair L-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harvey
N4659VRegistration cancelled Aug 2, 2006 · Consolidated Vultee L-13Airframe modelConsolidated Vultee L-13Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4659V · 1
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