- Date
- July 4, 1978
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ · GRAND CANYON, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9809ACessna 195
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780704032579A
- Case key
- 140822
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2651 78/7/4 NR.GRAND CANYON,AZ CESSNA 195 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1986 TIME - 0730 N9809A PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 446 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH RIM STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND CANYON,AZ SCOTTSDALE,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 50 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED TO MAKE STEEP TURN AFT TKOF. D/A 10700FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9809A
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- North Rim Strip
N9809ARegistration cancelled May 23, 2017 · Cessna 195AAirframe modelCessna 195AEngine modelJacobs L4 /R755-7
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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.