- Date
- December 22, 1976
- Place
- Empire, NV · EMPIRE, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N12364Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761222042469A
- Case key
- 156530
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4017 76/12/22 NR.EMPIRE,NV CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 1036 TIME - 1430 N12364 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GERLACH STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GERLACH,NV RENO,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL 0.374%. RECOVERED 12/25/76.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12364
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gerlach Strip
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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.