- Date
- June 26, 1973
- Place
- Lassen Peak, CA · LASSEN PEAK, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N34249Cessna 177B
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730626017919A
- Case key
- 189881
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3299 73/6/26 LASSEN PEAK,CALIF CESSNA 177B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1740 N34249 PX- 0 0 0 FIRE CONTROL AGE 25, 555 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 45 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REDDING,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT FELL ASLEEP & HIT TREES IN LEVEL FLT.FLEW FIRE PATROL,INSTRUCTED BY DAY.OBS ON NITE MAIL RUNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34249
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.