- Date
- May 23, 1975
- Place
- Big Bear City, CA · BIG BEAR CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5481ACessna 310B
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750523042879A
- Case key
- 148930
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1294 75/5/23 NR.BIG BEAR CITY,CA CESSNA 310B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1497 TIME - 1730 N5481A PX- 3 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 140 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BERMUDA DUNES,CA STOCKTON,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON REMARKS- HIT TREE ON CANYON SLOPE. OVR MAX GROSS WT ABT 213 LBS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5481A
- Reported as
- Cessna 310B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.