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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 2105A · Kirkwood, NV · August 27, 1977

Date
August 27, 1977
Place
Kirkwood, NV
Airport
Lake Tahoe
Phase of flight
Climb
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4874U
Reported as
Cessna 2105A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
160 total8 in this make and model6 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.

Pilot made straight out departure climb into rising terrain. Dens alt abt 10000FT.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE STRAIGHT OUT DEPARTURE CLIMB INTO RISING TERRAIN.DENS ALT ABT 10000FT.