- Date
- May 19, 1977
- Place
- Lahaina Maui, HI · LAHAINA MAUI, HI
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N20548Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770519023719A
- Case key
- 147703
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1641 77/5/19 NR.LAHAINA,MAUI,HI CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 700 TIME - 1155 N20548 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAHAINA,MAUI,HI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- OBSERVED IN LOW ALTITUDE ACROBATICS OFF-SHORE.ACFT NOT CERTIFICATED FOR ACROBATIC MANEUVERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20548
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.