- Date
- September 16, 1980
- Place
- Lopez, WA · LOPEZ, WA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7514VCessna 177RG
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800916066109A
- Case key
- 129077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2622 80/9/16 LOPEZ,WA CESSNA 177RG CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2115 N7514V PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 30, 4069 TOTAL HOURS, 400 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOPEZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOPEZ,WA SEATTLE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: OTHER WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 NONE REMARKS- HIT DEER THEN VEERED TO LEFT OF RWY INTO TREES. ARPT IS NOT FENCED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7514V
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lopez
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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.