- Date
- November 3, 1973
- Place
- Hookena, HI · HOOKENA, HI
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5879RCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731103036909A
- Case key
- 187712
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4152 73/11/3 HOOKENA,HAWAII CESSNA 172G CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1730 N5879R PX- 0 2 0 OTHER AGE 62, 10876 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 498 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILO,HAWAII KONA,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES HAZE 210 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLT WAS FOR HIRE. RECOVERED 11/4/73. DSCND INTO LOW CLDS TWICE,HIT TREES 2ND ATTMPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5879R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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