- Date
- January 10, 1978
- Place
- Bishop, CA · BISHOP, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30053Cessna T210L
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780110006139A
- Case key
- 143426
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1665 78/1/10 BISHOP,CA CESSNA T210L CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 6500 TIME - 2045 N30053 PX- 1 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BISHOP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BISHOP,CA SAN DIEGO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FOG IN FORCAST.DEPT END OF RWY CLEAR.PLT ATTMPTD RETURN TO A/P,IMPACTED GROUND BELOW RWY ELEVATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30053
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bishop
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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.