- Date
- March 27, 1981
- Place
- Lake Charles, LA · LAKE CHARLES, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N52710Cessna 172P
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810327012879A
- Case key
- 126466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0778 81/3/27 NR.LAKE CHARLES,LA CESSNA 172P CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N52710 PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE AGE 26, 693 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 364 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE CHARLES,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52710
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.