- Date
- October 31, 1979
- Place
- Hesperia, CA · HESPERIA, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2555SCessna T337C
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791031036859A
- Case key
- 133634
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3070 79/10/31 NR.HESPERIA,CA CESSNA T337C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 839 TIME - 1725 N2555S PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 555 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HESPERIA AIR LODG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HESPERIA,CA TORRANCE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 67 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WITNESS RPRT-1 ENG REVVED,SMK FM ACFT DRG TKOF.PROP NOT FEATHERED.D/A APRX 5100FT.H20/GEL IN FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2555S
- Reported as
- Cessna T337C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hesperia Air Lodg
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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.