De Havilland DH-104 N153PC

23 May 1975 · Garberville, California, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 23 May 1975 at about 15:55 local time, a De Havilland DH-104 registered N153PC, operated by Aerofin, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Garberville, California, United States. 6 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 May 1975 at 15:55
Classification: Accident
Location: Garberville, California, United States
Nearest airport: Garberville
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DH-104
Registration: N153PC
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Aerofin, Inc.
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Demonstration
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: San Jose, Ca → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1397

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
6	0	0	2	4

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

L GR DIDNT EXTEND, LINKAGE BROKEN. WIRE FOUND SEPARATED FROM GR SAFE LT MICRO SWITCH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1397, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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