- Date
- January 18, 1964
- Place
- Dana Point, CA · DANA POINT, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12000Raven S40
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117341
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0021 64/1/18 NR. DANA POINT CALIF RAVEN S40 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AGE UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL TIME - 1800 N12000 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING HOURS, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-01/20/64.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12000
- Reported as
- Raven S40
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- No damage
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