- Date
- August 6, 1972
- Place
- San Pedro, CA · SAN PEDRO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N722DSCessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167698
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1157 72/8/6 SAN PEDRO,CALIF CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0755 N722DS PX- 0 0 1 MAPPING/PHOTO AGE 35, 1714 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 87 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FILMING WATER SKI RACE. PLT FLEW INTO CHANNEL,ACFT SANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N722DS
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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