- Date
- August 30, 1973
- Place
- Packwood, WA · PACKWOOD, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3843QCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730830031479A
- Case key
- 189151
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2478 73/8/30 NR.PACKWOOD,WASH CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 77 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N3843Q PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PACKWOOD EMERGNCY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WENATCHEE,WASH SEATTLE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED.HIT MOUNTAIN.RECOVERY DATE 9/7/73.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3843Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Packwood Emergncy
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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.