- Date
- August 24, 1971
- Place
- Salton City, CA · SALTON CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7131GCessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162644
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1837 71/8/24 SALTON CITY,CALIF CESSNA 172K CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 350 TIME - 1900 N7131G PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 67 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALTON SEA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTEE,CALIF SALTON CITY,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ARPT UNLTD,UNATTENDED.MADE LOW PASS OVR RWY APRX MIDWAY PULLED UP CIRCLED L.HIT WIRES ABT 50FT AGL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7131G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Salton Sea
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