- Date
- April 2, 1964
- Place
- Orville, CA · ORVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8555KStinson 108
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184584
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0787 64/4/2 ORVILLE CALIF STINSON 108 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 1100 TIME - 1545 N8555K PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORVILLE MUN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT SKY CONDITION VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE NONE NONE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8555K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Orville Mun
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