- Date
- March 10, 1978
- Place
- Mammoth Lakes, CA · MAMMOTH LAKES, CA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N210JLCessna 210L
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780310006259A
- Case key
- 143236
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0385 78/3/10 NR.MAMMOTH LAKES,CA CESSNA 210L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 850 TIME - 2040 N210JL PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAMMOTH LAKES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAMMOTH LAKES,CA CORONA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DEPARTED ON DARK NIGHT WITH NO MOON.A/P NOTAM CLOSED AT NIGHT,RWY LIGHTS OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N210JL
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mammoth Lakes
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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.