- Date
- December 26, 1974
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA · SANTA ROSA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N182CTCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741226041839A
- Case key
- 132410
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4137 74/12/26 SANTA ROSA,CALIF CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2130 N182CT PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 28, 634 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 75 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF SANTA ROSA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 48 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- DRG ILS,NON RATED PAX TOLD PLT RWY IN SIGHT.PLT WENT VISUAL & FLEW INTO GRND 1 MI SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N182CT
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sonoma County
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.