- Date
- April 15, 1976
- Place
- Oxnard, CA · OXNARD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9518HCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760415008159A
- Case key
- 153000
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0753 76/4/15 OXNARD,CA CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1551 N9518H PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 33, 5455 TOTAL HOURS, 240 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VENTURA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OXNARD,CA LONG BEACH,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 55 250 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 28 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WEA BRIEF BY CTL TWR. GUSTING TO 50K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9518H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ventura County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9518H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX98FA045Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportEl Cajon, CAThe solo student's failure to see and follow the other aircraft on the downwind as he had been instructed. Factors influencing this accident was the failure of the pilots in the other aircraft to see and avoid the aircraft encroaching on his flight path; the…NTSB LAX84LA335Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSan Fernando, CAWhen the plt made his 1st apch to land, the acft was too high on final, so he made a go-around. He reported that on the 2nd apch, the acft was traveling too fast & floated for a long period prior to touching down. During the landing, the acft bounced &…