- Date
- June 27, 1964
- Place
- Menachemeadow, CA · MENACHEMEADOW, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7780XCessna 172B
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182874
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1831 64/6/27 MENACHEMEADOW CAL CESSNA 172B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 110 TIME - 1600 N7780X PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MENACHE MEADOWS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7780X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Menache Meadows
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