Cessna 172N N733PP

Summary

On 24 June 1983 at about 07:35 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N733PP, operated by Aero Trends, Inc., was involved in an accident near Marina, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 June 1983 at 07:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Marina, California, United States

Coordinates

36.6695, -121.7910

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N733PP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Aero Trends, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Monterey Penins → San Jose

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

LAX83LA301

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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE WATER WHILE CIRCLING AT LOW ALT AT NIGHT. DURING THE MANEUVERING THE ENGINE ALSO WAS REPORTEDAS RUNNING ROUGH WHICH FURTHER DISTRACTED THE PLT. HE WAS ALREADY DISTRACTED TRYING TO IDENTIFY AN OBJECT IN THE WATER WHILE CIRCLING. WITHOUT REALIZING IT THE PLT ALLOWED THE ACFT TO DESCEND INTO THE WATER. THE PLT SAID THE WATER 'SORT OFSNUCK UP ON ME.' A WITNESS SAID HE OBSERVED THE ACFT OFF SHORE ABOUT 200 FT CIRCLING FOR 2 OR 3 MINUTES AT LESS THAN 100FT AGL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.