- Date
- March 21, 1964
- Place
- Beckworth, CA · BECKWORTH, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2932DCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184478
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0681 64/3/21 BECKWORTH CALIF CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 450 TIME - 1500 N2932D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BECKWORTH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2932D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Beckworth
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