- Date
- December 27, 1978
- Place
- Park Valley, UT · PARK VALLEY, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7678TCessna 172A
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138004
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4221 78/12/27 PARK VALLEY,UT CESSNA 172A CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 23, 96 TOTAL TIME - 1807 N7678T PX- 0 0 0 FERRY HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PROVO,UT BOISE,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 10 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 325 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- PLT ACTIVATED FLT PLAN AT 0150. PLACE 16HRS 17MINS LATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7678T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7678TRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2013 · Cessna 172AAirframe modelCessna 172AEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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