- Date
- December 30, 1977
- Place
- Boulder City, NV · BOULDER CITY, NV
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5951ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771230041579A
- Case key
- 143825
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3858 77/12/30 BOULDER CITY,NV CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 110 TIME - 1230 N5951A PX- 0 1 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOULDER CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV BOULDER CITY,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW COMPRESSION REMARKS- PULLED UP TO AVOID PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5951A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Boulder City
N5951ARegistration cancelled Feb 26, 2013 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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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.