- Date
- May 9, 1976
- Place
- Martha Lake, WA · MARTHA LAKE, WA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8597BCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760509011309A
- Case key
- 153808
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1220 76/5/9 MARTHA LAKE,WA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 117 TIME - 1756 N8597B PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MARTHA LAKE,WA RETURN BREMERTON,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO ENROUTE REFUELING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8597B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.