- Date
- February 12, 1975
- Place
- Salton Sea Cty, CA · SALTON SEA CTY, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N46404Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750212003069A
- Case key
- 147999
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0255 75/2/12 NR.SALTON SEA CTY,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 453 TIME - 1500 N46404 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 207 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALTON SEA CTY,CA RAMONA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: TO TAKEOFF COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT SHOULDERS REMARKS- RAN INTO SAND OFF RWY.ACFT HIT BRUSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46404
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Strip
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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.