- Date
- December 8, 1981
- Place
- Antioch, CA · ANTIOCH, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N704XMCessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811208080009A
- Case key
- 122882
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2948 81/12/8 ANTIOCH,CA CESSNA 150M CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1339 N704XM PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 456 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 183 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANTIOCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAYWARD,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 49 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS NONE REMARKS- ATC ATMTD TO VECTOR ACFT TO VFR ARPT,PLT DECIDED ON ANTIOCH.HIT MTN 900FT MSL 3MI W OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704XM
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Antioch
N704XMRegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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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.