- Date
- April 26, 1980
- Place
- Cima, CA · CIMA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N12563Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800426010719A
- Case key
- 130622
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3714 80/4/26 NR.CIMA,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N12563 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 25, 3245 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BULLHEAD CITY,AZ BULLHEAD CITY,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- X-COUNTRY AIR RACE.HIT CANYON WALL 5650FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12563
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.