- Date
- February 16, 1974
- Place
- Pt.Of Rocks, WY · PT.OF ROCKS, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8638UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740216002169A
- Case key
- 187228
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0096 74/2/16 PT.OF ROCKS,WYO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 81 TOTAL TIME - 1720 N8638U PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCK SPRING,WYO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY APPROACHING DARKNESS REMARKS- HIT SIGN POST DURING LANDING ON ABANDONED HIWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8638U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.