- Date
- January 24, 1965
- Place
- Fullerton, CA · FULLERTON , CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3974SCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180473
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0028 65/1/24 NR.FULLERTON CALIF CESSNA 172E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 218 TIME - 0037 N3974S PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FULLERTON MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 53 215 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3974S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fullerton Muni
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