- Date
- August 3, 1979
- Place
- Port Angeles, WA · PORT ANGELES, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N733LCCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790803023929A
- Case key
- 133792
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3297 79/8/3 NR.PORT ANGELES,WA CESSNA 172N CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0940 N733LC PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 33, 3096 TOTAL HOURS, 277 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORT ANGELES,WA SEATTLE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- COLLIDED W MOUNTAIN AT OR NR LVL FLT.DEP & DESTN ARPTS VFR.FOG RPRTD IN AREA OF ACDNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733LC
- 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.