- Date
- September 20, 1969
- Place
- Palmdale, CA · PALMDALE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2640RCessna 182K
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186961
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3119 69/9/20 PALMDALE,CALIF CESSNA 182K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 1573 TIME - 0737 N2640R PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 154 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AGUA DULCE,CALIF RENO,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCK OBSCURED MNTN SIDE. PLTS FLT TIME AS OF 2/10/67.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2640R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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