- Date
- September 16, 1981
- Place
- Richmond, CA · RICHMOND, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6342MCessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810916060019A
- Case key
- 123807
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2318 81/9/16 RICHMOND,CA CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 19, 30 TOTAL TIME - 1425 N6342M PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKLAND,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6342M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- 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.