- Date
- December 25, 1972
- Place
- Davis, CA · DAVIS, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3682YCessna 210C
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169278
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3867 72/12/25 DAVIS,CALIF CESSNA 210C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2200 N3682Y PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 42, 4320 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3210 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MACERO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAVIS,CALIF CONCORD,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - FOG FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS FOG CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT DID NOT USE AVAILABLE AUTO LIGHTS OR PREFLIGHT FIELD.RAN INTO FOG BANK BEFORE TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3682Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- El Macero