- Date
- May 6, 1979
- Place
- Livermore, CA · LIVERMORE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N733HGCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790506015219A
- Case key
- 135655
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1153 79/5/6 NR.LIVERMORE,CA CESSNA 172N CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 131 TIME - 1745 N733HG PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 103 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MADERA,CA SAN JOSE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE:5/7/79.WITNESS STATED CLOUD LAYER DROPPED BELOW LVL OF ACCID SITE IN MTNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733HG
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.