- Date
- April 27, 1980
- Place
- Garberville, CA · GARBERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2138QCessna 177RG
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800427017499A
- Case key
- 131101
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0399 80/4/27 GARBERVILLE,CA CESSNA 177RG CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 65, 8223 TIME - 1600 N2138Q PX- 2 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARBERVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHELTER COVE,CA GARBERVILLE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) COPILOT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- L WG HIT TREE,ACFT IMPACTED WALL OF RAVINE & THEN SLID DOWN INTO RAVINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2138Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Garberville
FAA reports on this event · 1
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