- Date
- March 21, 1964
- Place
- Pala, CA · PALA, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N91451Navion A
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184932
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0266 64/3/21 PALA CALIF NAVION A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 46, 91 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N91451 PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91451
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N91451Registration cancelled May 21, 1965 · North American NAVIONAirframe modelNorth American NAVION
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