- Date
- May 23, 1979
- Place
- St Maries, ID · ST MARIES, ID
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7503GCessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790523011319A
- Case key
- 136041
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0898 79/5/23 NR.ST MARIES,ID CESSNA 172K CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 2994 TIME - 0930 N7503G PX- 0 1 1 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COEUR D' ALENE,ID ST MARIES,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- CARB HEAT CONTROL FOUND IN FULL HOT POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7503G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- 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.