- Date
- March 25, 1973
- Place
- Navajo Mt, UT · NAVAJO MT, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4181FCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730325006739A
- Case key
- 170325
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0695 73/3/25 NAVAJO MT,UT CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 317 TIME - 1119 N4181F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 221 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAVAJO MOUNTAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAVAJO MT,UT MONUMENT VALLEY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- BECAME AIRBORNE ON UPSLOPE IN APRX 300 FT RUN.RWY THEN SLOPED DWNWARD.HIT MOUND.DENS ALT 6640 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4181F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Navajo Mountain
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4181F · 1
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