- Date
- December 18, 1977
- Place
- Little River, CA · LITTLE RIVER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N29275Cessna U206
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771218041389A
- Case key
- 144423
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3959 77/12/18 NR.LITTLE RIVER,CA CESSNA U206 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 493 TIME - 1720 N29275 PX- 1 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 169 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MENDOCINO COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLE RIVER,CA FREMONT,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29275
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mendocino 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.