- Date
- March 6, 1977
- Place
- Blythe, CA · BLYTHE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6657ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770306004619A
- Case key
- 157319
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0343 77/3/6 NR.BLYTHE,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 80 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N6657A PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUCKEYE,AZ BLYTHE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- ATTMPTD TKOF FM ROAD,HIT SOFT AREA & ABORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6657A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6657A · 1
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