- Date
- April 6, 1973
- Place
- Oceanside, CA · OCEANSIDE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N79087Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730406011909A
- Case key
- 170555
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1106 73/4/6 OCEANSIDE,CALIF CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 124 TIME - 1130 N79087 PX- 0 0 1 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEANSIDE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ANA,CALIF SAN DIEGO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- 8 IN SEPARATED FROM TIP.ARPT WITHIN RANGE.PLT WAS TOO HI,DIDNT USE FLAPS.LND IN WEED FLD NEAR ARPT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79087
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oceanside
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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.