- Date
- February 2, 1981
- Place
- Quincy, CA · QUINCY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5460ACessna T210
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810202002609A
- Case key
- 136518
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0541 81/2/2 QUINCY,CA CESSNA T210 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 350 TIME - 2057 N5460A PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GANSNER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUINCY,CA REDDING,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT MTN APRX 300FT ABV ARPT ELEV.DARK NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5460A
- Reported as
- Cessna T210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gansner
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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.