- Date
- February 5, 1976
- Place
- Granada Hills, CA · GRANADA HILLS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3011RCessna 320A
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760205006259A
- Case key
- 152685
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0589 76/2/5 GRANADA HILLS,CA CESSNA 320A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 481 TIME - 2159 N3011R PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 160 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN NUYS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSEBURG,OR VAN NUYS,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 120 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DSCND BLO MDA INTO SMALL HILL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3011R
- Reported as
- Cessna 320A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Van Nuys
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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.