- Date
- February 11, 1980
- Place
- Escondido, CA · ESCONDIDO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N15SERiley 421C
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800211003159A
- Case key
- 134916
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3007 80/2/11 NR.ESCONDIDO,CA RILEY 421C CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0824 N15SE PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 33, 6500 TOTAL HOURS, 109 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRAWLEY,CA PALOMAR,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15SE
- Reported as
- Riley 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- 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.