- Date
- March 25, 1977
- Place
- Inyokern, CA · INYOKERN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N20441Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770325005789A
- Case key
- 157660
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0453 77/3/25 INYOKERN,CA CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 93 TOTAL TIME - 1925 N20441 PX- 0 3 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INYOKERN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INYOKERN,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 35 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- GO ARND DUE GRND FOG. PAX TOLD PLT HE COULD SEE SAGEBRUSH JUST BFOR IMPACT. 1ST NITE FLT IN 10 MOS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20441
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Inyokern
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.