- Date
- October 10, 1965
- Place
- Puyallup, WA · PUYALLUP, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5724ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176387
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0721 65/10/10 PUYALLUP,WASH. CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 38, 100 TIME - 1924 N5724A PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THUN FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-10-13-65.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5724A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Thun Field
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