- Date
- April 10, 1966
- Place
- Markleeville, CA · MARKLEEVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4559BCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172494
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0750 66/4/10 MARKLEEVILLE CAL CESSNA 180 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 2500 TIME - 1830 N4559B PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 7-18-66.PLT DELAYED FLT AT RENO DUE WX. WX WORSENED BUT PLT T/O. ACFT STRUCK MOUNTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4559B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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