- Date
- August 7, 1971
- Place
- Calexico, CA · CALEXICO, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2170XCessna 337
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163052
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4277 71/8/7 CALEXICO,CALIF CESSNA 337 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 990 TIME - 1036 N2170X PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALEXICO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALEXICO,CALIF PRESCOTT,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 105 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 225 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- T/O WITH FRONT ENG OP,REAR INOP,PROP NOT FEATH.NEAR MAX GROSS WT,TEMP 105 DEG PLUS.HIT PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2170X
- Reported as
- Cessna 337
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Calexico Intl
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