- Date
- March 2, 1974
- Place
- Crescent Cy, CA · CRESCENT CY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29365Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740302007819A
- Case key
- 186793
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0651 74/3/2 NR.CRESCENT CY,CALIF CESSNA 177 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 620 TIME - 1757 N29365 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JACK MCNAMARA FLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UKIAH,CALIF CRESCENT CY,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- WRECKAGE NOT RECOVERED.DITCHED IN PACIFIC OCEAN.PLT RPRTD ENG STOPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29365
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jack Mcnamara Fld
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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.