- Date
- October 23, 1970
- Place
- Indepence, CA · INDEPENCE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8836HNavion G
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168016
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1774 70/10/23 NR.INDEPENCE,CALIF NAVION G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1000 TIME - 1312 N8836H PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALINAS,CALIF SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLEW INTO MNTN SLOPE. PLT WAS ADVISED TO CK FOR ENROUTE WEA BFOR MNTN AREA. RECOVERY DATE 10/27/70
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8836H
- Reported as
- Navion G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8836HRegistration cancelled Feb 17, 1972 · North American NAVIONAirframe modelNorth American NAVION
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.