Cessna 172M N80301

Summary

On 1 September 1982 at about 02:38 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N80301, operated by Flying Twenties Inc., was involved in an accident near San Jose, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 September 1982 at 02:38

Classification

Accident

Location

San Jose, California, United States

Nearest airport

San Jose Municipal (SJC)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N80301

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Flying Twenties Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fremont → San Jose

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82DA326

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN A LANDING GEAR, DAMAGED BY A WIRE STRIKE, COLLAPSED DURING LANDING. WITNESSES INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD ENTERED A NARROW VALLEY AT TREETOP LEVEL. BROKEN POWER LINES STARTED A GRASS FIRE WHICH WAS EVENTUALLY BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL. AFTER THE FLIGHT, THE AIRCREW FILED A NEAR-MIDAIR REPORT, CLAIMING THEY HAD HIT A POWER LINE WHILE AVOIDING AN IMMINENT COLLISION. HOWEVER, A REVIEW OF THE ARTCC DARTS (RADAR) DATA REVEALED NO OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY AT THAT TIME.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.