- Date
- April 5, 1964
- Place
- Mt Laguna, CA · MT LAGUNA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2371BSwift GC1B
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184898
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0177 64/4/5 MT LAGUNA CALIF SWIFT GC1B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 65 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N2371B PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 30 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 - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2371B
- Reported as
- Swift GC1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2371BRegistration cancelled Jul 26, 2018 · Temco GC-1BAirframe modelTemco GC-1BEngine modelContinental C125 series
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