- Date
- March 26, 1981
- Place
- Payson, AZ · PAYSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8870BCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810326015069A
- Case key
- 126993
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0510 81/3/26 PAYSON,AZ CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 1364 TIME - 1700 N8870B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAYSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITTMAN,AZ PAYSON,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 45 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- TURNED TO X-WND APRX 100FT AGL,ENCTRD WND SHEAR.USED FULL FLAPS/PWR TO STOP SINK.ELEV APRX 5200FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8870B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Payson
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8870B · 1
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