- Date
- August 9, 1976
- Place
- Bryson City, NC · BRYSON CITY, NC
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N78479Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760809026659A
- Case key
- 155453
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2377 76/8/9 BRYSON CITY,NC CESSNA 172K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 72 TOTAL TIME - 1740 N78479 PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FERGUSON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRYSON CITY,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD TO FLY UP THE VALLEY,VERY LOW,PRIOR T0 A STEEP L TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78479
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ferguson Field
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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.