- Date
- January 10, 1970
- Place
- Topanga, CA · TOPANGA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22390Cessna 150H
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138209
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1424 70/1/10 TOPANGA,CALIF CESSNA 150H CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 408 TIME - 2215 N22390 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 185 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CALIF VAN NUYS,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 PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING 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 ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 1/12/70. STRUCK CANYON SLOPE OBSCURED BY CLOUDS AT NITE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22390
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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