- Date
- September 28, 1969
- Place
- Needles, CA · NEEDLES, CA
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2583DCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159893
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2876 69/9/28 NEEDLES,CALIF CESSNA 170B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 2363 TIME - 1930 N2583D PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BULLHEAD CITY,ARIZ ESSEX,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-PILOT FELL ASLEEP. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- PLT AWOKE,SAW MT TOO LATE TO AVOID IT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2583D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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