- Date
- June 8, 1977
- Place
- Azalea, OR · AZALEA, OR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73382Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770608017499A
- Case key
- 158131
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1229 77/6/8 AZALEA,OR CESSNA 172 CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0834 N73382 PX- 1 0 0 DUAL AGE 27, 663 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 75 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,OR GRANTS PASS,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED CLOUDS IN MTN PASS.DESCENDING,UNABLE TO RE-ESTABLISH VISUAL REF WITH GND.HIT MTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73382
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- 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.