Minicab 1B N4781
5 August 1971 · Kingsburg, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 5 August 1971 at about 20:45 local time, a Minicab 1B registered N4781 was involved in an accident during in flight near Kingsburg, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Kingsburg, California, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Minicab 1B
- Registration
- N4781
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1440
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
SPAR FAIL OCRD IN R LDG GR ATTACH BLOCK AREA.ACFT INVOLVED LDG ACDNT MAY 1971, R GR HIT DIRT BANK.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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