- Date
- April 14, 1965
- Place
- Salton City, CA · SALTON CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9166XCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179024
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0663 65/4/14 SALTON CITY CALIF CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 260 TIME - 1330 N9166X PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALTON CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: FROM LANDING COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9166X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Salton City
N9166XRegistration cancelled Jul 31, 2021 · Cessna 182DAirframe modelCessna 182DEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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