- Date
- July 26, 1979
- Place
- Monterey, CA · MONTEREY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3005RCessna 320A
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790726037479A
- Case key
- 134289
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3038 79/7/26 MONTEREY,CA CESSNA 320A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 3621 TIME - 2143 N3005R PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2471 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - M ONTEREY PNSLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CA MONTEREY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 75 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 59 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3005R
- Reported as
- Cessna 320A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- M Onterey Pnsla
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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.