- Date
- February 1, 1976
- Place
- Yucca Valley, CA · YUCCA VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20342Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760201001419A
- Case key
- 152377
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0154 76/2/1 YUCCA VALLEY,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 57 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N20342 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YUCCA VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHINO,CA YUCCA VALLEY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- HIT CONCRETE WALL. FULL FLAPS ON GO ARND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20342
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Yucca Valley
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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.