- Date
- January 19, 1977
- Place
- Los Alamos, NM · LOS ALAMOS, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7997GCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770119000509A
- Case key
- 156734
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0065 77/1/19 LOS ALAMOS,NM CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2010 N7997G PX- 0 0 0 CHECK AGE 43, 1250 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 271 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ALAMOS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ALAMOS,NM LOS ALAMOS,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL CHECK PILOT - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- INSTRUMENT TAKEOFF ATTEMPT.SNOWBANK TWO FT HIGH.RUNWAY 125FT WIDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7997G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Los Alamos
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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.