- Date
- January 8, 1976
- Place
- Olney Springs, CO · OLNEY SPRINGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N50078Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760108001899A
- Case key
- 151964
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0057 76/1/8 NR.OLNEY SPRINGS,CO CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 199 TIME - 1205 N50078 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 195 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAMAR,CO LA JUNTA,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK REMARKS- PLT HAD MDT TO SEVERE ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50078
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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