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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Grand Canyon, AZ · September 3, 1988

Date
September 3, 1988 · 21:20 local
Place
Grand Canyon, AZ
Airport
Grand Canyon National Park
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
GONA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N54814
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88FA307
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
366 total152 in this make and model14 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.

Near gross weight and high density altitude and dark night,stalled and crashed on climbout. Lacked night experience

As the FAA filed it

NEAR GROSS WEIGHT AND HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AND DARK NIGHT,STALLED AND CRASHED ON CLIMBOUT. LACKED NIGHT EXPERIENCE

NTSB investigation

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