- Date
- September 18, 1979
- Place
- Brownstown, IL · BROWNSTOWN, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3623LCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790918040989A
- Case key
- 132816
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3922 79/9/18 NR.BROWNSTOWN,IL CESSNA 172G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, UNK/NR TIME - 0915 N3623L PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANDWICH,IL HARRISBURG,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 72 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN OTHER REMARKS- AFTER BCMG LOST/DISORIENTED,PLT ATMTD PRCTNRY LNDG IN CLOVER FLD W GND FOG.WITNESS OBSD STALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3623L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3623LRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2012 · Cessna 172GAirframe modelCessna 172GEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3623L · 1
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