- Date
- August 5, 1977
- Place
- Carmel Valley, CA · CARMEL VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1786VCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770805030349A
- Case key
- 146593
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2971 77/8/5 NR.CARMEL VALLEY,CA CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 15000 TIME - 2023 N1786V PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CA CARMEL VALLEY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION TERRAIN - OTHER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS SMOKE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DARK NIGHT,SMOKE FRM FOREST FIRE.FLT BELOW OBSTRUCTING TERRAIN.HIT 60DEG SLOPE.RECOVERED 9/9/77.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1786V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- 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.