- Date
- September 18, 1969
- Place
- Alturas, CA · ALTURAS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4072DCessna 182A
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155016
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3772 69/9/18 ALTURAS,CALIF CESSNA 182A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 63, 700 TIME - 1510 N4072D PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PORT ANGELES,WASH BORON,CALIF AURORA,OREG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PLT HAD MEDICAL HISTORY OF PHYSICAL DEFECTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4072D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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