- Date
- September 9, 1979
- Place
- Lancaster, CA · LANCASTER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5747ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790909044189A
- Case key
- 132842
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3970 79/9/9 NR.LANCASTER,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 920 TIME - 1758 N5747A PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- ENG ACCESS DOOR OPENED.REDUCED PWR,STALL HORN SOUNDED,REPLIED YES FOR FLAPS,FULL FLAPS EXTD BY PAX
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5747A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Private Strip
N5747ARegistration cancelled May 19, 2015 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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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.