- Date
- October 25, 1975
- Place
- Scottsdale, AZ · SCOTTSDALE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8129ZCessna 205
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751025032509A
- Case key
- 151295
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2969 75/10/25 NR.SCOTTSDALE,AZ CESSNA 205 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 2031 TIME - 1845 N8129Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 591 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAVAJO,AZ SCOTTSDALE,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HIT RIDGE TOP ABT 7MI FRM DEST ARPT AT DUSK. CRASH LND 4MI FRM IMPACT PT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8129Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8129ZRegistered now · Cessna 210-5(205)Airframe modelCessna 210-5(205)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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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.