- Date
- September 9, 1976
- Place
- Dunsmuir, CA · DUNSMUIR, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N46630Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760909028749A
- Case key
- 155390
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2531 76/9/9 NR.DUNSMUIR,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, UNK/NR TIME - 1351 N46630 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUNSMUIR-MOTT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUNSMUIR,CA HAYWARD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 88 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- DENSITY ALT ABT 6000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46630
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dunsmuir-Mott
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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.