- Date
- December 3, 1980
- Place
- Leucadia, CA · LEUCADIA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6505GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801203076809A
- Case key
- 128060
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3418 80/12/3 LEUCADIA,CA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1355 N6505G PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 24, 473 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 37 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 63 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT RPRTD ENCTRG DWNDFT OVR RISING TRRN DRG GO-ARND FM SIM FORCED LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6505G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.