- Date
- April 27, 1974
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA · SANTA ROSA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7083TCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740427012659A
- Case key
- 125959
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2738 74/4/27 SANTA ROSA,CALIF CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 400 TIME - UNK/NR N7083T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKLAND,CALIF SONOMA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RCVRD 5/10/74.ACFT STRUCK GROUND IN VERT NOSE DN WINGS LVL ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7083T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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