19800412008729A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 337D · Carlon, CA · April 12, 1980

Date
April 12, 1980 · 09:45 local
Place
Carlon, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N86159
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80DVA29
Reported as
Cessna 337D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,005 total47 in this make and model47 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.

Pilot attempted emergency landing after double engine failure. Crashed in unsuitable terrain.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER DOUBLE ENGINE FAILURE.CRASHED IN UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.

NTSB investigation

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