- Date
- June 26, 1976
- Place
- Orange Cove, CA · ORANGE COVE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5231QCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760626017549A
- Case key
- 153928
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1579 76/6/26 NR.ORANGE COVE,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 203 TIME - 1915 N5231Q PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 77 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CA ORANGE COVE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- ACFT CROSSED A DITCH THEN CONT INTO AN ORANGE GROVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5231Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Orange 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.