- Date
- May 8, 1966
- Place
- Ocean Shores, WA · OCEAN SHORES, WA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5949ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172476
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0442 66/5/8 OCEAN SHORES WASH CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 530 TIME - 1130 N5949A PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COPALIS BCH EMERG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT STALLED IN A STEEP DOWNWIND CLIMBING TURN TO AVOID BLUFF AND FOG PILOT SAW BEFORE TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5949A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Copalis Bch Emerg
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