- Date
- March 30, 1972
- Place
- Alturas, CA · ALTURAS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34162Cessna 177B
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166500
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1108 72/3/30 ALTURAS,CALIF CESSNA 177B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 161 TIME - 1810 N34162 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALTURAS MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NOVATO,CALIF ALTURAS,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT OPENED THROTTLE TOO FAST,ENG HESITATED TO RESPOND CRASHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34162
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alturas Municipal
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