- Date
- May 16, 1978
- Place
- Weber Peak, CA · WEBER PEAK, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N735FRCessna 182Q
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780516018949A
- Case key
- 142019
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1776 78/5/16 WEBER PEAK,CA CESSNA 182Q CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 297 TIME - 0018 N735FR PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENO,NV SACRAMENTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 58 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 27 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- MOUNTAIN TOPS OBSCURED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735FR
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N735FRRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Cessna 182QAirframe modelCessna 182QEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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