- Date
- August 15, 1974
- Place
- Tunnel Mdws, CA · TUNNEL MDWS, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N59104Cessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740815025389A
- Case key
- 134405
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2527 74/8/15 NR.TUNNEL MDWS,CALIF CESSNA 210 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 4600 TIME - 0600 N59104 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 605 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUNNEL MEADOWS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUNNEL MDWS,CALIF BAKERSFIELD,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 36 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKE OFF WITH HEAVY FROST ON WINGS FROM SHORT STRIP 9100 FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59104
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tunnel Meadows
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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.
Other investigations on N59104 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX87LA236Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMerced, CADuring a cross country flight, the engine lost power and quit aprx 4 miles from the airport. The pilot was unable to reach the runway and made a forced landing aprx 3 miles short of the runway. During the landing roll the aircraft collided with a fence and…NTSB OAK76FVW02Accident · No injuriesClosedLas Vegas, NV