- Date
- July 26, 1966
- Place
- Orleans, CA · ORLEANS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6229ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122383
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0634 66/7/26 ORLEANS CALIF CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 40, TIME - 1300 N6229E PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS 1000 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO DROP MESSAGE TO PERSON ON GROUND IN WOODED MOUNTAINOUS AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6229E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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