- Date
- September 16, 1978
- Place
- Hawthorne, NV · HAWTHORNE, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5612RCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780916026879A
- Case key
- 140095
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2429 78/9/16 NR.HAWTHORNE,NV CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0915 N5612R PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 37, 658 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 558 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAWTHORNE,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5612R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hawthorne
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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