- Date
- July 19, 1970
- Place
- Tahoe Paradse, CA · TAHOE PARADSE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29378Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116214
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1050 70/7/19 TAHOE PARADSE,CAL CESSNA 177 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 64 TOTAL TIME - 1415 N29378 PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAHOE,CALIF SELMA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FLT PHASE UNKN.DENS ALT AT T/O 9000 FT.PLT INTENDED TO CLIMB OVR 9500 FT MT.ACFT NEAR GROSS WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29378
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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