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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 175 · Hollister, CA · September 21, 1979

Date
September 21, 1979 · 07:45 local
Place
Hollister, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9466B
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79FA087
Reported as
Cessna 175
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total295 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

VFR pilot tried to return to fog shrouded airport and lost control of the airplane.

As the FAA filed it

VFR PILOT TRIED TO RETURN TO FOG SHROUDED AIRPORT AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.