- Date
- November 9, 1969
- Place
- Yucca Valley, CA · YUCCA VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8194ZCessna 210-5
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149404
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3737 69/11/9 YUCCA VALLEY,CAL CESSNA 210-5 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 463 TIME - 1337 N8194Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 234 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YUCCA VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NEV EL MONTE,CALIF 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 - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OBSERVER SAW ACFT ENTER LOW OCST. STRUCK MNTN SLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8194Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 210-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Yucca Valley
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