19861011048659A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 177RG · Happy Jack, AZ · October 11, 1986

Date
October 11, 1986 · 11:40 local
Place
Happy Jack, AZ
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N34213
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX87FA014
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total115 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Collided with heavily wooded and mountainous terrain while attempting to fly IFR in IFR conditions.

As the FAA filed it

COLLIDED WITH HEAVILY WOODED AND MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FLY IFR IN IFR CONDITIONS.

NTSB investigation

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