- Date
- January 12, 1968
- Place
- Big Bear City, CA · BIG BEAR CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2322NCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112170
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0032 68/1/12 BIG BEAR CITY,CAL CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 73 TOTAL TIME - 1010 N2322N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG BEAR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- AIRMENS INFO MANUAL INDICATED ARPT CLOSED OCT THRU APRIL. PLT LANDED IN DEEP SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2322N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Big Bear
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