Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Schlussbericht |
| Datum: | 18 JUL 1970 |
| Zeit: | 16:00 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| Fluggesellschaft: | ? |
| Kennzeichen: | N6459C |
| Werknummer: | |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 2 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 2 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Columbia Airport, CA (COA) (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
| Betriebsart: | Feuerbekämpfung |
| Flug von: | Columbia Airport, CA (COA), USA |
| Columbia Airport, CA (COA), USA |
The Catalina struck granite boulders 252 feet short and 5 feet below runway elevation.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
pilot in command - misjudged distance,speed,and altitude
terrain - other
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts, conditions - downwind
weather - high temperature
weather briefing - no record of briefing received
weather forecast - unknown/not reported Informationsquelle:
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Distance from Columbia Airport, CA to Columbia Airport, CA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Columbia Airport, CA to Columbia Airport, CA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
