- Date
- December 24, 1964
- Place
- Inyokern, CA · INYOKERN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N76736Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180301
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3722 64/12/24 INYOKERN CALIF CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 59, 156 TIME - 1320 N76736 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INYOKERN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PWR PLT-MATERIAL FAILURE OF RIGHT MAGNETO WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 50 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WINDS GUSTING TO 50 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76736
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Inyokern
N76736Registration cancelled Dec 31, 2018 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C90 series
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