- Date
- July 26, 1964
- Place
- Pittsburg, CA · PITTSBURG, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N12002Raven S-45
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182713
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0829 64/7/26 PITTSBURG CALIF RAVEN S-45 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AGE 19, 35 TOTAL HOURS, TIME - 1037 N12002 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS-PROPANE BURNER FLOW VALVE LEAK. PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DUEL PROPANE-BURNER SYSTEM USED AS HOT AIR SOURC
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12002
- Reported as
- Raven S-45
- Category
- Balloon
- Engine
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N12002Registration cancelled May 16, 1974 · Raven Industries S45AAirframe modelRaven Industries S45A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.