- Date
- August 13, 1976
- Place
- Shelter Cove, CA · SHELTER COVE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8058XCessna 172B
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760813034639A
- Case key
- 155749
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2947 76/8/13 NR.SHELTER COVE,CA CESSNA 172B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 95 TOTAL TIME - 1458 N8058X PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHELTER COVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MARYSVILLE,CA. RETURN SHELTER COVE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 54 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS NONE REMARKS- RECOVERED 8/14/76. PILOT TOTAL TIME AS OF 4/14/76.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8058X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Shelter Cove
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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.