- Date
- June 6, 1975
- Place
- Quincy, CA · QUINCY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N30138Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750606023909A
- Case key
- 149277
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1846 75/6/6 QUINCY,CA CESSNA 177 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 571 TIME - 1315 N30138 PX- 0 2 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GANSNER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUINCY,CA SAN JOSE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- RWY UPSLOPE INTO RISING TERRAIN.ENG DEVELOPED ABT HALF PWR DUE DENSITY ALT 5500FT,MIXT FULL RICH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30138
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gansner
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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.