- Date
- June 9, 1973
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3620YCessna 210C
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730609016209A
- Case key
- 190233
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1536 73/6/9 LOS ANGELES,CALIF CESSNA 210C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0033 N3620Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 24, 1858 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 13 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,CALIF LOS ANGELES,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ATC TOLD PLT HE WAS FOLLOWING B-707 5-6 MI AHEAD,WARNED OF TURB.PLT UN FLY G/S,LOST CTL.ACFT SANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3620Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl
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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.