- Date
- September 14, 1971
- Place
- Lake City, CO · LAKE CITY, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7920GCessna 172L
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163495
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2216 71/9/14 LAKE CITY,COLO CESSNA 172L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 500 TIME - 0945 N7920G PX- 1 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VC BAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FOUNTAIN,COLO LAKE CITY,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 75 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- GO AROUND FROM APCH TO ABANDONED STRIP. HIT TREES. ACFT NEAR GROSS WT. DENSITY ALT 11500 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7920G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Vc Bar