- Date
- June 13, 1979
- Place
- Needles, CA · NEEDLES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N33260Cessna 177RG
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790613018389A
- Case key
- 135351
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2034 79/6/13 NEEDLES,CA CESSNA 177RG CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N33260 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 54, 1062 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 187 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEEDES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA FE,NM NEEDLES,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33260
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Needes
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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.