- Date
- July 28, 1973
- Place
- Prospect, OR · PROSPECT, OR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N29472Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730728022109A
- Case key
- 189627
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1919 73/7/28 PROSPECT,OREG CESSNA 177 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 94 TOTAL TIME - 2013 N29472 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PROSPECT STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PROSPECT,OREG LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- R WG STRUCK TREE 40 FT AGL. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.166 PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29472
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Prospect State
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.