- Date
- April 4, 1976
- Place
- So.Lake Tahoe, CA · SO.LAKE TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1932MCessna 182P
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760404011509A
- Case key
- 153580
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0833 76/4/4 NR.SO.LAKE TAHOE,CA CESSNA 182P CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 500 TIME - 2331 N1932M PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SO.LAKE TAHOE,CA PALO ALTO,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) TERRAIN - OTHER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 4/6/76. NO HORIZON REF DUE LACK OF LTG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1932M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- 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.