- Date
- March 31, 1976
- Place
- San Onofre, CA · SAN ONOFRE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1631VCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760331013319A
- Case key
- 153324
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1019 76/3/31 SAN ONOFRE,CA CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0220 N1631V PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 30, 3930 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALM SPRINGS,CA SANTA ANA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- SOURCE OF COCKPIT FIRE UNDETERMINED. CRASHED & SANK ABT 400 YDS FRM BEACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1631V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- 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.