- Date
- May 14, 1981
- Place
- Hornbrook, CA · HORNBROOK, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2711QCessna 182K
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810514025179A
- Case key
- 125295
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2345 81/5/14 NR.HORNBROOK,CA CESSNA 182K CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 555 TIME - 1500 N2711Q PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 446 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PVT RANCH STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP EUGENE,OR SANTA ROSA,CA SALEM,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HIT STEEP EMBANKMENT NR APCH END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2711Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pvt Ranch Strip
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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.