- Date
- September 12, 1964
- Place
- Willits, CA · WILLITS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N508ABellanca 1419
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185993
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0551 64/9/12 WILLITS CALIF BELLANCA 1419 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 46, UNK/NR TIME - 1325 N508A PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLITS MUNICIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N508A
- Reported as
- Bellanca 1419
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Willits Municipal
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