- Date
- February 8, 1967
- Place
- Bluff, UT · BLUFF, UT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8449XCessna 172C
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119082
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0054 67/2/8 NR.BLUFF,UT CESSNA 172C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N8449X PX- 1 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 20, 2000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM CURVING ROAD OF SOFT DIRT AND SAND. ACFT CRASHED IN LAKE. CALM WIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8449X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8449XRegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Cessna 172CAirframe modelCessna 172CEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N8449X · 1
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