- Date
- June 30, 1972
- Place
- La Mesa, CA · LA MESA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3683LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166613
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0945 72/6/30 LA MESA,CALIF CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 150 TIME - 0055 N3683L PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILLESPIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CALIF CHULA VISTA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED REMARKS- BECAME LOST AND RCVD VECTORS TO GILLESPIE. PLT STATED HE HAD FLD IN SIGHT. PATCHY FOG IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3683L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gillespie
N3683LRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Cessna 172GAirframe modelCessna 172GEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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