- Date
- May 12, 1968
- Place
- Apple Valley, CA · APPLE VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8077BCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110525
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2170 68/5/12 APPLE VALLEY,CAL CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 420 TIME - 1410 N8077B PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 289 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - APPLE VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8077B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Apple Valley
N8077BRegistration cancelled Feb 9, 2019 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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