- Date
- March 13, 1970
- Place
- Sta Barbara, CA · STA BARBARA, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1260SCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135990
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0880 70/3/13 NR.STA BARBARA,CALIF CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 6000 TIME - 1315 N1260S PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1701 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN MIGUEL,CALIF SAN MIGUEL,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- ACFT NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1260S
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1260SRegistration cancelled Feb 14, 2011 · Cessna 177Airframe modelCessna 177Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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