- Date
- July 13, 1976
- Place
- Santa Barbara, CA · SANTA BARBARA, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N5205XCessna 320
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760713042639A
- Case key
- 201338
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4177 76/7/13 NR.SANTA BARBARA,CA CESSNA 320 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 850 TIME - UNK/NR N5205X PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA BARBARA,CA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 230 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PARTS OF ACFT RCVRD IN 600FT OF WATER 7/20/77 & 11/15/77.INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5205X
- Reported as
- Cessna 320
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.