- Date
- April 4, 1976
- Place
- Feather Falls, CA · FEATHER FALLS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N42575Cessna 182L
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760404020479A
- Case key
- 153709
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1704 76/4/4 FEATHER FALLS,CA CESSNA 182L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1257 TIME - 2000 N42575 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1207 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TWIN FALLS ID. CHICO,CA. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 4/5/76.PILOT WAS BLIND IN ONE EYE,HAD NO RECENT NIGHT EXPERIENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42575
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.