- Date
- November 8, 1964
- Place
- Watsonville, CA · WATSONVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N7011BPiper PA22
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181646
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3431 64/11/8 WATSONVILLE CALIF PIPER PA22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 57 TOTAL TIME - 1330 N7011B PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATSONVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN STATIC: ENGINE RUNUP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WINDS GUSTING TO 35 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7011B
- Reported as
- Piper PA22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watsonville
N7011BRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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