- Date
- September 25, 1977
- Place
- No.Las Vegas, NV · NO.LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6734KRepublic RC-3
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770925036389A
- Case key
- 144762
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3358 77/9/25 NR.NO.LAS VEGAS,NV REPUBLIC RC-3 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 98 TOTAL TIME - 0919 N6734K PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NO.LAS VEGAS,NV FRESNO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 73 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6734K
- Reported as
- Republic RC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- North Las Vegas
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6734K · 1
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