- Date
- December 5, 1978
- Place
- Cuyamaca, CA · CUYAMACA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5979RCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781205044839A
- Case key
- 138000
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4212 78/12/5 NR.CUYAMACA,CA CESSNA 172G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 759 TIME - 1115 N5979R PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 726 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CA LAS VEGAS,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE ACCESSORIES: VACUUM PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - RECIEVED RECORDED BRIEFING BY TELEPHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 2300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 59 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- SCT TO BKN CLOUDS AND MOD TO SEVERE TURB BELOW 20000FT,ESP OVR MTNS,FORECAST IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5979R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5979RRegistration cancelled Mar 26, 2013 · Cessna 172GAirframe modelCessna 172GEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5979R · 1
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