- Date
- November 16, 1976
- Place
- Davis, CA · DAVIS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8289MCessna T210K
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761116037309A
- Case key
- 156361
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3498 76/11/16 DAVIS,CA CESSNA T210K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 2436 TIME - 0830 N8289M PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1219 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UNIVERSITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAVIS,CA TORRANCE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- TKOF IN ZERO ZERO COND. HIT TREES 20FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8289M
- Reported as
- Cessna T210K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- University
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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.