- Date
- September 22, 1977
- Place
- Carlsbad, CA · CARLSBAD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N732GLCessna T210L
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770922034779A
- Case key
- 145281
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2977 77/9/22 CARLSBAD,CA CESSNA T210L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 56, 100 TIME - 0522 N732GL PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALOMAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CARLSBAD,CA ALBUQUERQUE,NM UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DEP INTO SPARSELY LIGHTED HILLY TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732GL
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palomar
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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.