- Date
- April 15, 1979
- Place
- Shoshone, CA · SHOSHONE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3078QCessna 182K
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790415025729A
- Case key
- 137179
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1799 79/4/15 NR.SHOSHONE,CA CESSNA 182K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 112 TIME - 1920 N3078Q PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ONTARIO,CA LAS VEGAS,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3078Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3078QRegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2011 · Cessna 182KAirframe modelCessna 182KEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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