- Date
- July 4, 1979
- Place
- Kitty Hawk, NC · KITTY HAWK, NC
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N20739Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790704032139A
- Case key
- 134177
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2647 79/7/4 KITTY HAWK,NC CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 122 TIME - 1830 N20739 PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KITTY HAWK,NC ELIZABETH CITY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 80 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS THUNDERSTORM, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 81 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- FSS SPECIALIST ADVISED PILOT HE DID NOT RECOMMEND VFR FLT AT THAT TIME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20739
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- First Flight
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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.