- Date
- December 5, 1979
- Place
- Piru, CA · PIRU, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7271NCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791205036299A
- Case key
- 132713
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3755 79/12/5 NR.PIRU,CA CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1415 N7271N PX- 0 0 0 OTHER 39, 17383 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PIRU,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- LNDD ON MESA FOR TV PROGRAM SCRIPT.UN STOP IN AVAILABLE AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7271N
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- 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.