- Date
- October 19, 1979
- Place
- El Cajon, CA · EL CAJON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6124RCessna T210F
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791019036849A
- Case key
- 132714
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3756 79/10/19 NR.EL CAJON,CA CESSNA T210F CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1842 N6124R PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 32, 4450 TOTAL HOURS, 75 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILLESPIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA. EL CAJON,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 64 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- LOC-D APCH.PLT RPRTD MARKER BCNS INOP.IMPACTED APRX 950FT BLO MIN ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6124R
- Reported as
- Cessna T210F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gillespie
N6124RRegistration cancelled Aug 20, 2013 · Cessna 210FAirframe modelCessna 210FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6124R · 1
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