- Date
- March 15, 1964
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA · PALO ALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3484CCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185866
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0617 64/3/15 PALO ALTO CALIF CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 63 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N3484C PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALO ALTO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3484C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palo Alto
N3484CRegistration cancelled Jan 4, 2018 · Cessna 170BAirframe modelCessna 170BEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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