- Date
- March 31, 1973
- Place
- Solvang, CA · SOLVANG, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6801RCessna T210G
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19730331006289A
- Case key
- 79572
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0777 73/3/31 SOLVANG,CALIF CESSNA T210G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 2000 TIME - 0924 N6801R PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA YNEZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALO ALTO,CALIF SANTA YNEZ,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- VOR APCH OVR MTNS,TOPS OBSCD.ANOTHER PLT IN VCNTY REPORTED STEADY,SIGNIFICANT DOWNDRAFTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6801R
- Reported as
- Cessna T210G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Santa Ynez
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.