- Date
- September 29, 1972
- Place
- Adelanto, CA · ADELANTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N72525Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201459
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2689 72/9/29 ADELANTO,CALIF CESSNA 140 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1745 N72525 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 4619 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 96 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MIRAGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADELANTO,CALIF ADELANTO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 13 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 28K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72525
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Mirage
N72525Registration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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