- Date
- May 27, 1973
- Place
- Battleground, WA · BATTLEGROUND, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8044LCessna 172H
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730527014659A
- Case key
- 190139
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1833 73/5/27 BATTLEGROUND,WASH CESSNA 172H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 221 TIME - 1400 N8044L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOHEEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLLEGE PLACE,WASH BATTLEGROUND,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- PLT ADDED PWR AND PULLED UP TO MISS PWR LINES.ENG FAILED,ACFT STALLED,HIT RWY NSEWHL FST,NSED OVR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8044L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Goheen
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8044L · 2
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