- Date
- November 23, 1980
- Place
- Inyokern, CA · INYOKERN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N78595Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801123078629A
- Case key
- 127491
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3572 80/11/23 INYOKERN,CA CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 554 TIME - 2000 N78595 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 311 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INYOKERN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FULLERTON,CA INYOKERN,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 280 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT STATED WIND GUSTS TO 45KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78595
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Inyokern
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N78595 · 1
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