- Date
- November 28, 1970
- Place
- Tehachapi, CA · TEHACHAPI, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N91591Cessna 182M
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159283
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4018 70/11/28 NR.TEHACHAPI,CALIF CESSNA 182M CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1336 N91591 PX- 2 0 0 DUAL AGE 23, 1533 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 264 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LAS VEGAS,NEV ROSEBURG,OREG SACRAMENTO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE 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 SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 12/2/70.HIT 50 FT BELOW MTN CREST IN KNOWN ADVERSE WEA ABOUT 20 MI R OF FILED ROUTE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91591
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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