- Date
- September 24, 1979
- Place
- Tunnel Meadows, CA · TUNNEL MEADOWS, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8845QCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790924035549A
- Case key
- 134841
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2920 79/9/24 TUNNEL MEADOWS,CA CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1205 N8845Q PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 36, 1870 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 270 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUNNEL AIR CAMP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUNNEL MEADOWS,CA LONE PINE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 58 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- WIND SHIFTED FROM WEST TO EAST DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. PEAK GUSTS TO 25 KTS.D/A APRX 11,400FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8845Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tunnel Air Camp
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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.