- Date
- May 13, 1973
- Place
- St Augustine, FL · ST AUGUSTINE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9879GCessna 172L
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730513014309A
- Case key
- 190145
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1706 73/5/13 ST AUGUSTINE,FLA CESSNA 172L CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 137 TIME - 1400 N9879G PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSONVILLE,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- FULL FLAP SLO FLT PRACTICE.ACFT OBSVD 150-200FT AGL NOSE HI ENTRD L DSCNDG SPIRAL TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9879G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9879GRegistration cancelled Mar 21, 2013 · Cessna 172LAirframe modelCessna 172LEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.