OAK77DA053

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 210 · Missing Aircraft · August 15, 1977

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
August 15, 1977
Place
Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
N6542XCessna 210
Status
Completed · report September 20, 1977
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19770815041809A
Case key
145936

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2802  77/8/15    MISSING AIRCRAFT    CESSNA 210          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 60, 700
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N6542X              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          REDDING, CA                 FT. JONES, CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- INJURY INDEX, DAMAGE, AND DATE PRESUMED.

Aircraft

Registration
N6542X
Reported as
Cessna 210
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

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FAA reports on this event · 1

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Other investigations on N6542X · 1

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