- Date
- August 3, 1971
- Place
- Elsinore, CA · ELSINORE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60360Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162648
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1863 71/8/3 NR.ELSINORE,CALIF CESSNA 150J CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1520 N60360 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 27, 5273 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FULLERTON,CALIF RETURN SAN DIEGO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- HIT CANYON WALL AFTER DESCENT FROM CRUISE ALT. RECOVERY DATE 8/4/71.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60360
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed