- Date
- November 16, 1975
- Place
- Laguna Niguel, CA · LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8886VCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751116037479A
- Case key
- 151896
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3356 75/11/16 NR.LAGUNA NIGUEL,CA CESSNA 172M CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 379 TIME - 2040 N8886V PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 142 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CA SANTA ANA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 55 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- WX BRIEF BY OTR PLT.FLEW INTO FOG BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8886V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.