Adams WOMBAT N8797
3 September 1970 · Rough Ready, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 3 September 1970 at about 10:45 local time, a Adams WOMBAT registered N8797 was involved in an accident during in flight near Rough Ready, 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 10:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Rough Ready, California, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Adams WOMBAT
- Registration
- N8797
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Test
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Grass Valley, Calif → Auburn, Calif
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1261
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
SIMILAR TYPE ACFT HAD VERY LT STICK FORCES.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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