- Date
- February 22, 1978
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N59313Cessna T2101
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780222013689A
- Case key
- 143342
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0880 78/2/22 BAKERSFIELD,CA CESSNA T2101 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 656 TIME - 0608 N59313 PX- 5 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AIR PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CA TONOPAH,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 50 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59313
- Reported as
- Cessna T2101
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Air Park
N59313Registration cancelled Feb 26, 2013 · Cessna T210LAirframe modelCessna T210LEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 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.