- Date
- June 18, 1971
- Place
- Sta Barbara, CA · STA BARBARA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N92847Cessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161069
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1010 71/6/18 STA BARBARA,CALIF CESSNA 182 CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0015 N92847 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 28, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA BARBARA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA YNEZ,CALIF STA BARBARA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 59 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED LOCALIZER APCH MINIMUMS. ACFT NOT EQUIP WITH G/S,MRKR BEACON OR ADF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92847
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Santa Barbara
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