- Date
- April 28, 1974
- Place
- Gold Beach, OR · GOLD BEACH, OR
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N79141Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740428011339A
- Case key
- 186322
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0833 74/4/28 GOLD BEACH,OREG CESSNA 172K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 427 TIME - 1200 N79141 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 299 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOLD BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GOLD BEACH,OREG SANTA BARBARA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RISING TERRAIN.GUSTS TO 35K.EXCEEDED ALLOWABLE TKOF WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79141
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gold Beach
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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.