- Date
- October 29, 1978
- Place
- Groveland, CA · GROVELAND, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N210CCCessna T210G
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781029034799A
- Case key
- 139040
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3171 78/10/29 NR.GROVELAND,CA CESSNA T210G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 220 TIME - 0015 N210CC PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PINE MOUNTAIN LK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUBURN,CA GROVELAND,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F SMOKE 54 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CRASHED NEAR EDGE OF LARGE CANYON ON DARK NIGHT WITH NO MOON,LIGHT SMOKE IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N210CC
- Reported as
- Cessna T210G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pine Mountain Lk
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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