- Date
- August 9, 1964
- Place
- Fresno, CA · FRESNO, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8869ABeechcraft B35
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182370
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2403 64/8/9 FRESNO CALIF BEECHCRAFT B35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 4183 TIME - 1130 N8869A PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WONDER VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8869A
- Reported as
- Beechcraft B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wonder Valley
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