ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 36946
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Date: | Wednesday 22 January 1997 |
Time: | 08:45 |
Type: | Cessna R172K |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N736WZ |
MSN: | R1722858 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4990 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bagdad, AZ -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Phoenix, AZ (DVT) |
Destination airport: | Kingman, AZ (IGM) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The operator reported that several flights were canceled on the morning of the accident due to darkening weather north of the departure airport. A witness on the ground reported that the mountain tops around the accident site were shrouded in clouds. A second witness reported a cloud bank over the mountains, southeast of the destination airport. A third witness flying through the area reported that the mountains near the accident site were obscured in low clouds. The pilot received a weather briefing before departure. The aircraft was found to have crashed into rising mountainous terrain south of his destination. CAUSE: continued flight by the pilot into adverse weather conditions, and his failure to maintain sufficient altitude or clearance from terrain. Factors relating to the accident were: the high/mountainous terrain and adverse weather conditions.
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001208X07312 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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