19770124003439A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Forks, WA · January 24, 1977

Date
January 24, 1977
Place
Forks, WA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N73478
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA77FA014
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
1,549 total28 in this make and model184 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Spawning survey. Low alt,low spd,heavy,beginning left turn. Plt-first river survey.

As the FAA filed it

SPAWNING SURVEY.LOW ALT,LOW SPD,HEAVY,BEGINNING LEFT TURN.PLT-FIRST RIVER SURVEY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.