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Cessna 180 N4697B

12 July 1984 · Randsburg, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 12 July 1984 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N4697B was involved in an accident near Randsburg, California, United States. 5 people were on board and 4 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 23:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Randsburg, California, United States
Coordinates
35.3896, -117.7306
Aircraft
Cessna 180
Registration
N4697B
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Long Beach → Randsburg
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX84FA389

People

4 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
5 4 1 0 0

Probable cause

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

PLT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A 1200 FT LONG AIRSTRIP. HE LANDED THE ACFT WITH A TAILWIND AND TOUCHED DOWN APRX 600 FT FROM THE APCH END OF THE RWY. THE ACFT SKIDDED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY AND COLLIDED WITH A CATERPILLAR TRACTOR. THE FOUR OCCUPANTS WERE ESTIMATED TO HAVE WEIGHED 1000 LBS COLLECTIVELY. THE DENSITY ALT WAS CALCULATED TO BE 7500 FT. EXAMINATION OF THE PROP AT THE ACCIDENT SITE REVEALED EVIDENCE THAT WAS INDICATIVE OF A HIGH PWR SETTING AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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