Accident WACO YKC N14000,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 377848
 
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Date:Sunday 13 January 1985
Time:12:50 LT
Type:WACO YKC
Owner/operator:Byron Charles Hight
Registration: N14000
MSN: 3880
Year of manufacture:1934
Engine model:JACOBS R755
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Placerville, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Destination airport:Placerville, CA (61Q)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
ACFT WAS LINED UP ON RWY BUT PLT MISJUDGED HEIGHT AND ACFT STALLED APRX 3 FT ABOVE THE GROUND. ACFT BOUNCED AND UPON CONTACTING THE GROUND VEERED RIGHT. PLT OVER COMPENSATED AND ACFT GROUND LOOPED TRAVELING OFF LEFT SIDE OF RWY INTO A ROAD. THE POND IS APRX 60 FT SOUTH OF THE AIRSTRIP MID-FIELD. LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: LAX85LA110
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB LAX85LA110

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Revision history:

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