- Date
- October 28, 1973
- Place
- Watsonville, CA · WATSONVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10851Cessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731028035339A
- Case key
- 188378
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3098 73/10/28 WATSONVILLE,CALIF CESSNA 150L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 1540 TIME - 1005 N10851 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATSONVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MODESTO,CALIF WATSONVILLE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION MISCELLANEOUS - SUICIDE REMARKS- FLEW UNDER PWR LINES INTO HILL SIDE. PLT LEFT 2 SUICIDE NOTES. HAD DEP MODESTO WITHOUT TWR CLNC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10851
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Watsonville
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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.