- Date
- May 3, 1973
- Place
- Kona, KY · KONA, KY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7873GCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730503013049A
- Case key
- 190188
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1590 73/5/3 KONA,KY CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 197 TIME - 1145 N7873G PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 147 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO ILL ELIZABETHTOWN,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 21 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ENCTRD WORSENING WX ELECTED TO MAKE A CLBG TURN TO THE R.HIT TREES ON MTN AT APRX 3000FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7873G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.