- Date
- May 26, 1973
- Place
- Peach Sprng, AZ · PEACH SPRNG, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N34463Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730526018049A
- Case key
- 190107
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1794 73/5/26 PEACH SPRNG,ARIZ CESSNA 177 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1799 TIME - 0910 N34463 PX- 0 1 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND CANYON CVRN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ PEACH SPRNG,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34463
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Grand Canyon Cvrn
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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.