- Date
- August 27, 1977
- Place
- Grass Valley, CA · GRASS VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13101Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770827029489A
- Case key
- 146250
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2179 77/8/27 GRASS VALLEY,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 49, 27 TOTAL TIME - 0955 N13101 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEVADA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIVERMORE,CA GRASS VALLEY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ACFT SWERVED OFF RWY COLLIDED WITH BUSHES,SOLO STUDENT CROSS COUNTRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13101
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nevada County
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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.