- Date
- March 29, 1964
- Place
- Shafter, CA · SHAFTER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N74731Mooney M20B
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184551
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0747 64/3/29 SHAFTER CALIF MOONEY M20B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 150 TIME - 1700 N74731 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KERN COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK A ROCK ON RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74731
- Reported as
- Mooney M20B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kern County
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