- Date
- December 27, 1964
- Place
- Boulder Creek, CA · BOULDER CREEK, CA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3187SCessna 182G
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180771
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1022 64/12/27 NR.BOULDER CREEK CAL CESSNA 182G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 398 TIME - 1745 N3187S PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 49 120 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PITOT HEATER NOT INSTALLED ON N3187S.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3187S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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