- Date
- March 26, 1972
- Place
- Silverado, CA · SILVERADO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2619LCessna 172H
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165812
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0610 72/3/26 SILVERADO,CALIF CESSNA 172H CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 80 TOTAL TIME - 1934 N2619L PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NEV HAWTHORNE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- DESCENDED INTO MTN SIDE AT NITE.PLT DISTRACTED BY PAX WHO REPEATEDLY SHINED FLASHLIGHT IN HIS FACE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2619L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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