- Date
- October 25, 1978
- Place
- Whiteriver, AZ · WHITERIVER, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N96060Cessna 182P
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4228 78/10/25 WHITERIVER,AZ CESSNA 182P CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 350 TIME - 1915 N96060 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITERIVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PHOENIX,AZ SHOW LOW,AZ WHITERIVER,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- AIM STATES R/HAND TRAFFIC PATTERN.ACFT OBSERVED TURNING LEFT DIRECTLY INTO MTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96060
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Whiteriver