- Date
- December 21, 1979
- Place
- Lebec, CA · LEBEC, CA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6714HCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791221042609A
- Case key
- 132687
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3511 79/12/21 NR.LEBEC,CA CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1729 N6714H PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 27, 958 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 209 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MESA,AZ FAIROAKS,CA BAKERSFIELD,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) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PERS NR CRASH SITE STATED-MTN TOPS OBSCD,VIS LESS THAN 1 MI W RAIN.RISING TRRN-75FT FM MTN CREST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6714H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.