- Date
- August 1, 1964
- Place
- Manhatn Beach, CA · MANHATN BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N159GKCessna 310H
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182747
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1029 64/8/1 NR.MANHATN BEACH CAL CESSNA 310H CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3343 TIME - 0012 N159GK PX- 5 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-LOSS OF INSTRUMENTS IN IFR-CAUSE UNKNOWN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 66 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- PILOT RADIOED LOSS OF INSTRUMENTS-WREK NOT RECOV
Aircraft
- Registration
- N159GK
- Reported as
- Cessna 310H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl
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