- Date
- July 4, 1972
- Place
- Independnce, CA · INDEPENDNCE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8396TCessna 175C
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166673
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0520 72/7/4 NR.INDEPENDNCE,CALIF CESSNA 175C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 358 TIME - 0800 N8396T PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 224 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDEPENDNCE,CALIF ONTARIO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- L WG HIT GRND IN STEEP TURN TO AVOID TREE WHILE BUZZING TRAILER CAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8396T
- Reported as
- Cessna 175C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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