- Date
- December 20, 1978
- Place
- Ada, OK · ADA, OK
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N75819Cessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781220045089A
- Case key
- 138142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4319 78/12/20 ADA,OK CESSNA 172N CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 113 TIME - 0300 N75819 PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ADA MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STILLWATER,OK ARLINGTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 64 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER RPTD CLIMBING THRU 2500FT.FULL NOSE-UP TRIM.PIC BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 183MG%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75819
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ada Municipal
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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.