- Date
- May 17, 1969
- Place
- Wenatchee, WA · WENATCHEE, WA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29649Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171460
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2569 69/5/17 WENATCHEE,WASH CESSNA 177 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 41 TOTAL TIME - 0815 N29649 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WENATCHEE,WASH ELLENSBURG,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- RAPIDLY RISING TERRAIN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29649
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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