- Date
- November 10, 1964
- Place
- Gualala, CA · GUALALA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6831XCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181034
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3460 64/11/10 GUALALA CALIF CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0800 N6831X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 44, 4136 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GUALALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER CLIFF INTO OCEAN. PILOT PROPPED ENGINE WITH AIRCRAFT UNOCCUPIED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6831X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gualala
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