- Date
- August 13, 1979
- Place
- Cloudcroft, NM · CLOUDCROFT, NM
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N739WTCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790813018909A
- Case key
- 134861
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3420 79/8/13 CLOUDCROFT,NM CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 240 TIME - 1220 N739WT PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANGELO,TX BOMARK,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739WT
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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