- Date
- February 13, 1972
- Place
- Strawberry, CA · STRAWBERRY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1360YCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164707
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0049 72/2/13 STRAWBERRY,CALIF CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 130 TIME - 1445 N1360Y PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKDALE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- TKNG PIX OF RESERVOIR,3405FT MSL,SRNDD BY 5600FT MTN RDGS.HIT SLOPE DRG TURN.DENS ALT OVR 5000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1360Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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