- Date
- October 24, 1981
- Place
- Camarillo, CA · CAMARILLO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N14ACCessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811024069299A
- Case key
- 123851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2414 81/10/24 NR.CAMARILLO,CA CESSNA 421B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 2300 TIME - 0116 N14AC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 320 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OXNARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CA OXNARD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 52 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DESCENDED BLO MDA,COLLIDED WITH PLOWED FIELD 6MI E OF ARPT,CONTINUED TO TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14AC
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oxnard
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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.