- Date
- November 3, 1979
- Place
- Trona, CA · TRONA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2413ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791103029529A
- Case key
- 133450
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2632 79/11/3 NR.TRONA,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 93 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N2413E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDIAN RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLYTHE,CA TRONA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 65 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2413E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Indian Ranch
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.