- Date
- October 26, 1968
- Place
- Merced, CA · MERCED, CA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4069DCessna 182A
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192156
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4784 68/10/26 MERCED,CALIF CESSNA 182A CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 400 TIME - 1828 N4069D PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION REMARKS- DARK NIGHT NO DISCERNIBLE HORIZON,INST LIGHTS OUT,NO FLASHLIGHT.PLT CERT NOT VALID FOR NIGHT FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4069D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Merced
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