- Date
- December 15, 1978
- Place
- Irvine, CA · IRVINE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N777CTCessna 210L
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781215044939A
- Case key
- 138073
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4329 78/12/15 IRVINE,CA CESSNA 210L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 209 TIME - 1857 N777CT PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CA IRVINE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- ACFT HIT MICROWAVE TOWER DURING DESCENT TOWARDS TRAFFIC PATTERN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777CT
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Orange County
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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.