- Date
- March 21, 1976
- Place
- Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2253GCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760321005579A
- Case key
- 152923
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0759 76/3/21 SACRAMENTO,CA CESSNA 182 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 353 TIME - 1915 N2253G PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SACRAMENTO EXECUT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOISE,ID SACRAMENTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRASHED AT ST INTERSECTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2253G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sacramento Execut
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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.