- Date
- August 1, 1981
- Place
- Bear Valley, CA · BEAR VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757EPCessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810801046749A
- Case key
- 124953
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1579 81/8/1 BEAR VALLEY,CA CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 710 TIME - 1130 N757EP PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 376 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEAR VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MODESTO,CA BEAR VALLEY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 60 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- D/A APRX 8800FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757EP
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bear Valley
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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.