- Date
- November 8, 1975
- Place
- Pioche, NV · PIOCHE, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12726Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751108035669A
- Case key
- 151828
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3370 75/11/8 PIOCHE,NV CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 47 TOTAL TIME - 1115 N12726 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIOCHE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH LAS VEGAS,NV PIOCHE,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AND FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12726
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pioche
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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.