- Date
- March 27, 1966
- Place
- Newhall, CA · NEWHALL, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2958UCessna 172D
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172443
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0406 66/3/27 NR.NEWHALL CALIF. CESSNA 172D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 76 TOTAL TIME - 0645 N2958U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, NOT INSTRUMENT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 RATED. 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 FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 3/30/66
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2958U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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