- Date
- March 6, 1980
- Place
- Crescent City, CA · CRESCENT CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5718CCessna 402C
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800306005429A
- Case key
- 131598
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1659 80/3/6 CRESCENT CITY,CA CESSNA 402C CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2008 N5718C PX- 0 0 0 CHECK 37, 9019 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JACK MCNAMARA FLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP EUREKA,CA LOCAL CRESCENT CITY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE CHECK PILOT - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT CASTLE ROCK ISLAND,238FT ASL,LOCATED ABOUT 1/2MI FRM DEPARTURE END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5718C
- Reported as
- Cessna 402C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jack Mcnamara Fld
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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.