- Date
- September 26, 1980
- Place
- Mount Shasta, CA · MOUNT SHASTA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1843YCessna 172C
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800926044519A
- Case key
- 128993
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2998 80/9/26 NR.MOUNT SHASTA,CA CESSNA 172C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 94 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N1843Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUNSMUIR MOTT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ROSA,CA MOUNT SHASTA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 75 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT MISREAD SEGMENTED CIRCLE,ATMTD CLBG TURN IN TRAFFIC PATTERN OVR RISING TRRN.OPTICAL ILLUSION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1843Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dunsmuir Mott
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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.