- Date
- May 11, 1974
- Place
- Five Points, CA · FIVE POINTS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89291Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740511011489A
- Case key
- 124418
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1101 74/5/11 FIVE POINTS,CALIF CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 225 TIME - 1945 N89291 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEMPCO FARMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTSIDE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- LANDED IN CANAL ADJACENT TO RUNWAY AT NIGHT. ARPT NOT LTD,RWY WET. PLT WAS OBS PWR LINES ON APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89291
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tempco Farms
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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.