- Date
- November 16, 1979
- Place
- Livermore, CA · LIVERMORE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N97430Cessna 182Q
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791116037549A
- Case key
- 133041
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3193 79/11/16 NR.LIVERMORE,CA CESSNA 182Q CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1755 N97430 PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 36, 465 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 66 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DESERT ROCK, NV LIVERMORE,CA 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) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 45 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 50 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECEIVED ENROUTE WX RPRT FM LIVERMORE TWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97430
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.