- Date
- July 4, 1980
- Place
- Tombstone, AZ · TOMBSTONE, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N73290Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800704081199A
- Case key
- 129930
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1357 80/7/4 NR.TOMBSTONE,AZ CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 60 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N73290 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TOMBSTONE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLCOX,AZ UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT'S BLOOD/ALCOHOL LVL .151 GM/DL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73290
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tombstone Muni
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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.