- Date
- September 22, 1970
- Place
- Moses Lake, WA · MOSES LAKE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N84153Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158556
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3836 70/9/22 MOSES LAKE,WASH CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1353 N84153 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 50, 1228 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 258 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRANT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOSES LAKE,WASH EPHRATA,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 12000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING DUST 74 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 28 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- CTL TWR REPTD WINDS 28K GUSTING TO 42K. NOSED OVER TURNING ONTO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84153
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grant County
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Other investigations on N84153 · 1
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