- Date
- November 7, 1975
- Place
- Zuni, NM · ZUNI, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2420CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751107035649A
- Case key
- 151093
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3216 75/11/7 NR.ZUNI,NM CESSNA 180 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0950 N2420C PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 41, 4085 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1005 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ZUNI,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT UNABLE TO STOP ACFT DESCENT WITH FULL POWER.ACFT LOST 600-800FT PRIOR TO COLLISION WITH TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2420C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2420CRegistration cancelled Jul 14, 2009 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.