- Date
- July 6, 1980
- Place
- Carlsbad, CA · CARLSBAD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5384UCessna TU206G
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800706090699A
- Case key
- 129356
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3790 80/7/6 CARLSBAD,CA CESSNA TU206G CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 102 TIME - 0719 N5384U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 64 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALOMAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALM DESERT,CA CARLSBAD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS FOG CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS NONE REMARKS- ADZD VFR FLT NOT RCMDD.BOTH PLTS HAD STUDENT CERT.CRASHED DRG ILS APCH RWY24.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5384U
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palomar
N5384URegistration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · Cessna TU206GAirframe modelCessna TU206GEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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