- Date
- January 12, 1971
- Place
- El Centro, CA · EL CENTRO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8688TCessna 182C
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159874
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0555 71/1/12 EL CENTRO,CALIF CESSNA 182C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 461 TIME - 0815 N8688T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALEXICO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL TERRAIN - OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- HIT ROCK DRG GO-AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8688T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8688TRegistration cancelled Nov 15, 2019 · Cessna 182CAirframe modelCessna 182CEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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