- Date
- August 29, 1973
- Place
- Yucca Valy, CA · YUCCA VALY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N79034Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730829025349A
- Case key
- 189054
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2714 73/8/29 YUCCA VALY,CALIF CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 118 TIME - 1230 N79034 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YUCCA VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL MONTE,CALIF YUCCA VALLEY,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE 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 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS NONE CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED DUSTDEVIL ON LEVEL OFF TOUCHDOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79034
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yucca Valley
N79034Registration cancelled Oct 24, 2013 · Cessna 172KAirframe modelCessna 172KEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N79034 · 1
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