- Date
- July 4, 1973
- Place
- Hickory, NC · HICKORY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8242LCessna 172H
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730704018509A
- Case key
- 189726
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1635 73/7/4 HICKORY,NC CESSNA 172H CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 90 TOTAL TIME - 1243 N8242L PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HICKORY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FERNANDINA BEACH,FLA HICKORY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- EXPD DIFFICULTY IN LOCATING ARPT,ENG QUIT AT TIME HE SAW ARPT.T/D ABT HALF WAY DWN RWY,UN STOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8242L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hickory
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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