- Date
- August 8, 1976
- Place
- Baker, LA · BAKER, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12697Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760808026649A
- Case key
- 154995
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2074 76/8/8 BAKER,LA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 1568 TIME - 1900 N12697 PX- 1 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 368 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREEMASON ISLAND,LA BAKER,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL: SPIRAL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT DIED 8/17/76.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12697
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Private Strip
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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.