- Date
- August 7, 1977
- Place
- Big Bear City, CA · BIG BEAR CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1204UCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770807028199A
- Case key
- 146252
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2185 77/8/7 BIG BEAR CITY,CA CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 726 TIME - 1940 N1204U PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT LIVER TISSUE ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.28%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1204U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.