- Date
- October 21, 1979
- Place
- Fair Oaks, CA · FAIR OAKS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6061ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791021030299A
- Case key
- 133379
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2500 79/10/21 FAIR OAKS,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 98 TOTAL TIME - 1900 N6061A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHOENIX FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIR OAKS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- COLLIDED W BUSHES NR END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6061A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Phoenix Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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