- Date
- July 17, 1979
- Place
- Lower Lake, CA · LOWER LAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70376Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790717018029A
- Case key
- 135304
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2015 79/7/17 LOWER LAKE,CA CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 48 TOTAL TIME - 0815 N70376 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEARCE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINNEMUCCA,NV LOWER LAKE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- RUNWAY HAD RECENTLY BEEN SEALED.CONSTRUCTION NEAR APCH END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70376
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pearce
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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.