- Date
- August 8, 1980
- Place
- Malibu, CA · MALIBU, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N139BBCessna T210N
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800808035249A
- Case key
- 129110
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2218 80/8/8 NR.MALIBU,CA CESSNA T210N CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 500 TIME - 1800 N139BB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA MONICA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- OBSERVED DIVING INTO OCEAN.SEATS RECOVERED.INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N139BB
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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