- Date
- March 22, 1969
- Place
- Spokane, WA · SPOKANE, WA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8497LCessna 172I
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185341
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2568 69/3/22 SPOKANE,WASH CESSNA 172I CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 369 TIME - 1812 N8497L PX- 2 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 267 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FELTS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPOKANE,WASH SPOKANE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 46 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LOST CONTROL DURING LOW ERRATIC R HAND PATTERN,REASON NOT DETERMINED. WAS LDG DUE TSTM IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8497L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Felts
N8497LRegistration cancelled Jul 19, 2018 · Cessna 172IAirframe modelCessna 172IEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.