- Date
- September 10, 1976
- Place
- Mt.Tallac, CA · MT.TALLAC, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1531HCessna 177RG
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760910037059A
- Case key
- 155601
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3422 76/9/10 MT.TALLAC,CA CESSNA 177RG CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1702 N1531H PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 2000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOMPOC,CA TAHOE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 58 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- VORTAC HEADING TO ARPT 115 DEG. NR 2 OMNI SET ON 135 DEG. HIT OBSCURED MTN SLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1531H
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.