- Date
- October 28, 1964
- Place
- Wrightswood, CA · WRIGHTSWOOD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3960VCessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181145
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3687 64/10/28 WRIGHTSWOOD CALIF CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 190 TIME - 1500 N3960V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3960V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3960VRegistration cancelled Sep 5, 2019 · Cessna 170Airframe modelCessna 170Engine modelContinental C145 series
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