- Date
- March 9, 1974
- Place
- Olympia, WA · OLYMPIA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4681LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740309004969A
- Case key
- 186670
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0309 74/3/9 OLYMPIA,WASH CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 120 TIME - 1030 N4681L PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLYMPIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VANCOUVER,WASH SEATTLE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 4500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 46 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 33 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GUSTING WIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4681L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Olympia
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4681L · 1
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