- Date
- June 14, 1968
- Place
- Bass Lake, CA · BASS LAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2914XCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109650
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4749 68/6/14 BASS LAKE,CALIF CESSNA 177 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N2914X PX- 3 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED AGE 29, 1010 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 12 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BASS LAKE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- APCH ABORTED MID PT OF 2000 FT STRIP.ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB OVR RISING TERRAIN.APRX 97 LB OVR GWT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2914X
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bass Lake
N2914XRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2017 · Cessna 177Airframe modelCessna 177Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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