- Date
- November 10, 1978
- Place
- Fontana, CA · FONTANA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N733VTCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781110036549A
- Case key
- 143999
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3369 78/11/10 NR.FONTANA,CA CESSNA 172N CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 848 TIME - 1850 N733VT PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 533 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV TORRANCE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 33 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 11/12/78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733VT
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.