- Date
- May 26, 1973
- Place
- Crivitz, WI · CRIVITZ, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7656GCessna 172L
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730526014629A
- Case key
- 190024
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1935 73/5/26 CRIVITZ,WIS CESSNA 172L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0051 N7656G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 33, 2509 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 602 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRIVITZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILWAUKEE,WIS CRIVITZ,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7656G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Crivitz
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.