- Date
- March 26, 1978
- Place
- Half Moon Bay, CA · HALF MOON BAY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3108UCessna 182F
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780326013059A
- Case key
- 142313
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0979 78/3/26 NR.HALF MOON BAY,CA CESSNA 182F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 2000 TIME - 1838 N3108U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN CARLOS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- WRECKAGE AND PILOT NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3108U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3108URegistration cancelled Jul 22, 2024 · Cessna 182FAirframe modelCessna 182FEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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