- Date
- August 11, 1976
- Place
- Enumclaw, WA · ENUMCLAW, WA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N20083Cessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760811038919A
- Case key
- 155431
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2458 76/8/11 NR.ENUMCLAW,WA CESSNA 172N CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 152 TIME - 1834 N20083 PX- 3 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 77 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UNABLE TO CONTINUE DUE TO LOW CLOUDS,ATTEMPTING TURNAROUND.WRECKAGE LOCATED 8/14/76.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20083
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.