- Date
- September 5, 1968
- Place
- Niles, CA · NILES, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7938XCessna 172B
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108359
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3267 68/9/5 NILES,CALIF CESSNA 172B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 380 TIME - 2045 N7938X PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 9/6/68. STRUCK MTN RIDGE. TOXICOLOGICAL SAMPLE UNSATISFACTORY FOR VALID TEST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7938X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7938XRegistration cancelled Apr 6, 2018 · Cessna 172BAirframe modelCessna 172BEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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