- Date
- August 3, 1976
- Place
- S.Lake Tahoe, CA · S.LAKE TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8332LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760803025309A
- Case key
- 154970
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2191 76/8/3 S.LAKE TAHOE,CA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 82 TOTAL TIME - 1413 N8332L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOVELOCK,NV- S.LAKE TAHOE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8332L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Tahoe
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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.