- Date
- July 27, 1981
- Place
- Sparks, NV · SPARKS, NV
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- C-GFPGCessna R172K
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126669
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0009 81/7/27 NR.SPARKS,NV CESSNA R172K CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1500 C-GFPG PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 41, 56 TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEVADA FLYERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRANBROOK,BC,CANADA RENO,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-GFPG
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nevada Flyers