- Date
- April 16, 1973
- Place
- Mammoth Lks, CA · MAMMOTH LKS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5772FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730416009829A
- Case key
- 170637
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0888 73/4/16 NR.MAMMOTH LKS,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 361 TIME - 1015 N5772F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 281 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAMMOTH LKS,CALIF VAN NUYS,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- UN TO OUTCLIMB LEE SIDE OF MTN SLOPE. DENS ALT ABOUT 11000 FT. LACKED MTN FLT EXPERIENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5772F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- 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.